BTS guideline for emergency oxygen use in adult patients

O’Driscoll, B. Ronan; Howard, Luke; Davison, Aidan; Society, on behalf of the British Thoracic

doi:10.1136/thx.2008.102947

articleThoraxOct 1, 2008BRONZE OA

BTS guideline for emergency oxygen use in adult patients

BRB. Ronan O’Driscoll LHLuke Howard ADAidan DavisonOBon behalf of the British Thoracic Society

Salford Royal Hospital · Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · +1 more institution

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Abstract

C Oxygen is a treatment for hypoxaemia, not breathlessness. (Oxygen has not been shown to have any effect on the sensation of breathlessness in non-hypoxaemic patients.)

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B. Ronan O’DriscollCorresponding
Salford Royal Hospital
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Luke Howard
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Hammersmith Hospital
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Aidan Davison
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on behalf of the British Thoracic Society

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Medicine
Pulse oximetry
COPD
Oxygen saturation
Fraction of inspired oxygen
Guideline
Arterial blood
Anesthesia

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