Reassessment of Home Oxygen Prescription after Hospitalization for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. A Potential Target for Deimplementation.

ABSTRACT: Rationale: Hypoxemia associated with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often resolves with time. Current guidelines recommend that patients recently discharged with supplemental home oxygen after hospitalization should not have renewal of the prescription without assessment for hypoxemia. Understanding patterns of home oxygen reassessment is an opportunity to improve quality and value in home oxygen prescribing and may provide future targets for deimplementation.Objectives: We sought to measure the frequency of home oxygen reassessment within 90 days of hospitalization for COPD and determine the potential population eligible for deimplementation.Methods: We performed a cohort study of patients ≥40 years hospitalized for COPD at five Ve

SUBMITTER: Spece LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7919159 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature