Detailansicht
Long-term oxygen therapy
New insights and perspectives
ISBN/EAN: 9788847025790
Umbreit-Nr.: 2996755
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: xvi, 236 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 07.08.2012
Auflage: 1/2012
- Zusatztext
- InhaltsangabeForeword.- Preface.- The patient candidate for LTOT.- The multidimensional evaluation of patients.- Lung function parameters.- Cardiovascular and metabolic indexes.- Neuro-muscular signs.- The psychological and cognition profile.- Nutritional deficiencies.- Gender-related differences.- The cooperating roles.- The care-givers.- The General Practitioner.- The lung physician.- The Health Institutions.- The role of media.- Systems for oxygen delivery.- Models for LTOT management.- The standard care.- The tele-control at home.- The value of a systemic road for accreditation.- The outcomes.- Clinical outcomes.- Humanistic outcomes and quality of life.- The overall impact of LTOT.
- Kurztext
- This book presents new insights and novel perspectives of Long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT). It emphasizes the strategic value of developing technologies and innovative organizational models for the management of chronic respiratory patients needing LTOT.
- Autorenportrait
- InhaltsangabeForeword.- Preface.- The patient candidate for LTOT.- The multidimensional evaluation of patients.- Lung function parameters.- Cardiovascular and metabolic indexes.- Neuro-muscular signs.- The psychological and cognition profile.- Nutritional deficiencies.- Gender-related differences.- The cooperating roles.- The care-givers.- The General Practitioner.- The lung physician.- The Health Institutions.- The role of media.- Systems for oxygen delivery.- Models for LTOT management.- The standard care.- The tele-control at home.- The value of a systemic road for accreditation.- The outcomes.- Clinical outcomes.- Humanistic outcomes and quality of life.- The overall impact of LTOT.