Tag: supplemental oxygen

Research/Studies

ATS Report Finds Urgent Problems with Supplemental Oxygen Services

A new report published in the December Annals of the American Thoracic Society (AnnalsATS) highlights the problems many patients with lung disease experience in getting and using supplemental oxygen.  In “Optimizing Home Oxygen Therapy: An Official American Thoracic Society Workshop Report,” 26 physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, patients and representatives of the Centers for […]

Research/Studies

Supplemental Oxygen Eliminates Morning Blood Pressure Rise in OSA Patients Following CPAP Withdrawal

Supplemental oxygen eliminates the rise in morning blood pressure experienced by obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients who stop using continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), the standard treatment for OSA, according to new research published online in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. In “Effect […]