Characterization of home oxygen therapy prescription. Cienfuegos Municipality, 2022
<p><strong>Foundation</strong>: oxygen therapy, indicated with the intention of treating or preventing hypoxia manifestations, has shown to increase survival in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and respiratory failure. This is increasingly in demand, at a rate th...
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| Language: | Spanish |
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Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos
2024-03-01
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| Series: | Medisur |
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| Online Access: | http://medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/45132 |
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| Summary: | <p><strong>Foundation</strong>: oxygen therapy, indicated with the intention of treating or preventing hypoxia manifestations, has shown to increase survival in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and respiratory failure. This is increasingly in demand, at a rate that significantly exceeds the availability of resources, often with prescriptions in which it is not beneficial.<br /><strong>Objective</strong>: to describe the main characteristics of the use of home oxygen therapy.<br /><strong>Methods</strong>: an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out in a 289 patients population with a prescription for oxygen therapy, assisted by the eight special pharmacies of the Cienfuegos municipality. The following studied variables were: health problems, frequency of change and specialty of the prescriber. To analyze the results, descriptive statistics were used through the distribution of absolute and relative frequencies.<br /><strong>Results</strong>: the most common health problem was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, present in 56.1% of patients; followed by bronchial asthma and neoplasms. The oxygen cylinder replacement was carried out monthly in the majority of cases (32.9%). 86.2% of the patients received the indication for oxygen therapy from a doctor specializing in Comprehensive General Medicine.<br /><strong>Conclusions</strong>: the results show that in many cases indiscriminate indications were given, for which the effectiveness of oxygen therapy is not demonstrated. Generally, the prescription lacks the evaluation of the internist or pulmonology specialist.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1727-897X |