Short-Burst Oxygen Therapy In Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - Research Doesn't Support It
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is not curable. Oxygen therapy is the only treatment which has been proven to prolong the life of a patient diagnosed with this disease. However, there are several different kinds of oxygen therapy.
Long Term Oxygen Therapy (LTOT) is the medical phrase used for those who require 15 hours or more of oxygen therapy a day. Ambulatory (portable) Oxygen Therapy is the medical phrase used for patients who leave the home or treatment facility for exercise. Depending upon the patient, they may need to be on oxygen therapy even during this physical activity. Short Burst Oxygen Therapy is a term for short exposures to oxygen therapy meant to relieve symptoms of dyspnoea, which means difficult or labored breathing or shortness of breath.
While Short-burst oxygen therapy continues to be prescribed by some physicians, medical research does not support such prescriptions. Over and over it is observed that short burst therapy does not achieve the results desired from oxygen therapy.
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