Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients with long term oxygen therapy care.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 9 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients with long term oxygen therapy care [Keywords:] Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; oxygen; home care Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD) is a frequently-occurring disease, common diseases, is characterized by airflow obstruction and a class of small airway disease, showing progressive development. COPD in China have a higher prevalence of 2 % to 4% [1], seriously affecting the quality of life of patients, became an important public health issue. long term oxygen therapy (long term oxygen therapy, LTOT) most of the prognosis of COPD [2]. I Division 1, 2006 February ~ January 2008 50 cases of home oxygen therapy in patients with COPD, the regular follow-up, targeted health education, and achieved satisfactory results, are as follows. Materials and Methods 1. Clinical Data in January 2006 ~ January 2008 in our department treated 50 patients with COPD were randomly divided into treatment group and control group. The treatment group 18 males and 7 females, age 56 to 76 years (mean 64 + -7 years) in the control group 15 males and 10 females, aged 54 to 78 years, mean (67 + -5 years), all patients are in line with the Chinese Medical Association in 2007 will be developed respiratory disease COPD diagnosis and treatment of credit norms (draft) diagnostic criteria for COPD [3]. The anti-infection, cough and phlegm symptom relief, review of lung function and imaging and clinical conversion in accordance with stable COPD. while excluding patients with pneumothorax, pulmonary embolism and heart failure. These patients were at home after discharge using oxygen (both medical canned oxygen) for oxygen therapy. the two groups in gender, age and COPD severity is relatively comparable (Pgt; 0.05). 2. Nursing Unchanged in the drug case, the guide used in patients with low flow oxygen at home. The treatment group daily oxygengt; 15 h, except