Acute effects of supplemental oxygen therapy using different nasal cannulas on walking capacity in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a randomised crossover trial

Tessa Schneeberger; Daniela Leitl; Rainer Gloeckl; Inga Jarosch; Daniela Reimann; Wolfgang Hitzl; Rembert Koczulla; Klaus Kenn

doi:10.1183/23120541.00197-2020

Acute effects of supplemental oxygen therapy using different nasal cannulas on walking capacity in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a randomised crossover trial

ERJ Open Res. 2020 Aug 17;6(3):00197-2020. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00197-2020. eCollection 2020 Jul.

Authors

Tessa Schneeberger^{1

2}, Daniela Leitl^{1

2}, Rainer Gloeckl^{1

2}, Inga Jarosch^{1

2}, Daniela Reimann³, Wolfgang Hitzl^{4

5

6}, Rembert Koczulla^{1

2

7}, Klaus Kenn^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Dept of Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Philipps-University of Marburg, German Centre for Lung Research (DZL), Marburg, Germany.
² Institute for Pulmonary Rehabilitation Research, Schoen Klinik Berchtesgadener Land, Schoenau am Koenigssee, Germany.
³ Dept of Internal Medicine, Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
⁴ Research Office (Biostatistics), Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
⁵ Dept of Ophthalmology and Optometry, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
⁶ Research Program Experimental Ophthalmology and Glaucoma Research, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.
⁷ Teaching Hospital, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria.

Abstract

Something simple, like changing a nasal cannula for a technologically superior one, can improve exercise capacity and oxygenation in patients with IPF. There is a need to develop improved cannulas for comfort and patient acceptance. https://bit.ly/2NelacE.