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Title: | Post-Hospitalization Short-Term Oxygen Therapy: Use of a Clinical Management Pathway and Long-Term Follow-Up. | Austin Authors: | Khor, Yet H ;Wong, Raymond ;McDonald, Christine F | Affiliation: | Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Institute for Breathing and Sleep |
Issue Date: | Mar-2019 | Date: | 2018-11-06 | Publication information: | Respiratory Care 2019; 64(3): 272-278 | Abstract: | Home oxygen therapy is commonly prescribed for patients who remain hypoxemic at hospital discharge, although evidence supporting this practice is lacking. This study aimed to evaluate oxygen prescription and follow-up for patients who were prescribed post-discharge short-term oxygen therapy (STOT) and to assess their long-term outcome. A retrospective audit was undertaken of subjects prescribed STOT following hospitalization at a single site in Melbourne, Australia, between January 2011 and December 2015. During the study period, a designated clinical pathway for STOT prescription and follow-up after hospital discharge was in place. Chart review was performed to collect subject demographics and comorbidities, results of oxygen assessment (arterial blood gas and 6-min walk tests) and prescription, and results at follow-up re-assessment and mortality. Over five 5 years, 205 subjects were prescribed STOT upon hospital discharge. Common indications for oxygen treatment were chronic lung disease (54%) and dyspnea palliation (26%). Of the 152 subjects who were discharged with non-palliative oxygen therapy, 28% did not fulfil the recommended prescribing criteria or did not have recommended assessments. Among the 118 subjects who attended for re-assessment 4 weeks after initial oxygen provision, 47 (40%) did not fulfill criteria for long-term oxygen therapy. The 1-y cumulative survival rate for the study population was 56%. A significant proportion of subjects who were prescribed post-discharge STOT did not fulfill the recommended prescribing criteria. The long-term prognosis for subjects who were prescribed post-discharge STOT was poor. | URI: | https://ahro.austin.org.au/austinjspui/handle/1/19908 | DOI: | 10.4187/respcare.06303 | ORCID: | 0000-0001-6481-3391 0000-0002-5434-9342 |
Journal: | Respiratory Care | PubMed URL: | 30401753 | Type: | Journal Article | Subjects: | COPD long-term oxygen therapy oxygen palliative care post-discharge prognosis short-term oxygen therapy |
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