Clinical Practice Guideline on Adult Domiciliary Oxygen Therapy: Executive summary from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand

Christine F McDonald^{1

2}, Ken Whyte³, Sue Jenkins^{4

5}, John Serginson^{6

7}, Peter Frith⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Austin Health and Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Respiratory Services, University of Auckland and Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand.
⁴ School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
⁵ Physiotherapy Department, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Lung Institute of Western Australia, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
⁶ Respiratory Department, Caboolture Hospital Queensland, Caboolture, Queensland, Australia.
⁷ School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁸ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Christine F McDonald et al. Respirology. 2016 Jan.

. 2016 Jan;21(1):76-8.

doi: 10.1111/resp.12678. Epub 2015 Nov 24.

Christine F McDonald^{1

2}, Ken Whyte³, Sue Jenkins^{4

5}, John Serginson^{6

7}, Peter Frith⁸

¹ Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Austin Health and Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Respiratory Services, University of Auckland and Auckland District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand.
⁴ School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
⁵ Physiotherapy Department, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Lung Institute of Western Australia, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
⁶ Respiratory Department, Caboolture Hospital Queensland, Caboolture, Queensland, Australia.
⁷ School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
⁸ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: clinical respiratory medicine; long-term oxygen therapy; oxygen guideline; oxygen therapy.

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