Long-term continuous oxygen therapy in chronic airway obstruction. Mortality in relationship to cor pulmonale, hypoxia, and hypercapnia

MeSH terms

• Aged
• Blood Gas Analysis
• Bronchodilator Agents / therapeutic use
• Female
• Follow-Up Studies
• Humans
• Hypercapnia / mortality
• Hypercapnia / therapy*
• Hypoxia / mortality
• Hypoxia / therapy*
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Oxygen Inhalation Therapy*
• Prognosis
• Pulmonary Heart Disease / mortality
• Pulmonary Heart Disease / therapy*
• Respiratory Function Tests
• Respiratory Insufficiency / mortality
• Respiratory Insufficiency / therapy*
• Spirometry