Long-Term Oxygen Therapy and Risk of Fire-Related Events.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Two large major trials showed that long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT) improved mortality in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and hypoxemia. Although oxygen accelerates combustion and is an obvious fire hazard, LTOT has traditionally been prescribed to veterans who are actively smoking.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective chart review of all veterans with COPD at a single center who were prescribed new LTOT between October 2010 and September 2015. Of the 158 patients who met the study criteria, 152 were male. Bayesian logistic regression was used to model the outcome variable fire-related incident with the predictors smoking status, age, race, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and type of oxygen used.

Results

The mean age o

SUBMITTER: Moslander C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7592901 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature