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Pages 164-168 (July - August 1987)
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Vol. 23. Issue 4.
Pages 164-168 (July - August 1987)
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Oxigenoterapia continua domiciliaria. Estudio de 344 pacientes
Ambulatory continuous oxygen therapy: a study on 344 patients
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J. Escarrabill, R. Estopa, F. Manresa
Servei de Pneumologia. Hospital de Bellvitge. L’Hospitalet. Barcelona
M. Huguet*, J. Riera**
* Serveis Sanitaris. Area de Gestió 5
** Servei de Bioquímica. Hospital de Bellvitge. L’Hospitalet. Barcelona
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Hemos estudiado 344 pacientes con oxigenoterapia domiciliaria para valorar si cumplían los criterios gasométricos de indicación. La gasometría arterial se ha practicado en situación basal y se ha recogido información sobre cómo hacen los pacientes la oxigenoterapia.

312 pacientes (90,7%) padecían una enfermedad pulmonar obstructiva crónica (EPOC), 16 utilizaban el oxígeno para recibir fármacos en forma de aerosol y los restantes 16 pacientes presentaban enfermedades distintas a la EPOC.

De los 312 pacientes con EPOC, el 49,4% presentan una PaO2 superior a 60 mmHg; el 1% usan el concentrador de oxígeno y únicamente el 21,1% de los pacientes se sirven de gafas nasales para recibir oxígeno. El cumplimiento de la prescripción es muy bajo, sólo 36 pacientes manifiestan que reciben el oxígeno más de 15 horas cada día.

Para incrementar la eficacia de la OCD es fundamental que las indicaciones sean precisas, disponer de fuentes de suministro que faciliten el cumplimiento de la prescripción y planear controles eficaces, pero asequibles considerando los medios disponibles.

We studied 344 patients treated with ambulatory oxygen therapy in order to assess whether they showed the gasometric criteria considered as an indication for such a therapy. Arterial blood gasometry was obtained in baseline conditions. Moreover, information was collected about the way in which patients used oxygen therapy.

312 patients (90.7%) suffered from chronic obstruive pulmonary disease (COPD), 16 patients used the oxygen in order to receive drugs formulated in aerosol and the other 16 patients suffered from several diseases other than COPD. 49.4% of the 312 patients with COPD showed PaO2 values above 60 mmHg; 1% of the patients used the oxygen concentrative and only 21.1% of the patients used nasal bows to receive oxygen. The compliance was low; only 36 patients reported to receive oxygen therapy for more than 15 hours every day.

In order to enhance the effectiveness of ambulatory continuous oxygen therapy it is necesary to have the indications precisely defined, to get supply sources that make compliance easier and to plan effective but realistic Controls, taking into account the available resourcer.

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