Characteristics of long-term home oxygen therapy users in the municipality of Curitiba, Brazil

• Main Authors: Demetria Kovelis (Author), Paôla Luma Cruz (Author), Lígia Inez Silva (Author), Juan Ricardo Sierra (Author), Paulo Roberto de Miranda Sandoval (Author), Silvia Valderramas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Editora Champagnat, 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Introduction: Long-term home oxygen therapy (LTOT) can be successfully used in the treatment and prevention of chronic lung diseases, as it improves quality of life, increases survival, and reduces the lenght of hospital stays. However, to the authors' knowledge there are no descriptiv...