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ReviewInternational journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease2016

Acute oxygen therapy: a review of prescribing and delivery practices.

Joyce L Cousins, Peter A B Wark, Vanessa M McDonald

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Review in International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
38citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 78 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Automated oxygen control with O2maticInternational journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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  15. The Path to Diagnosis of Severe Asthma-A Qualitative Exploration.International journal of general medicine · 2024
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  16. Can guidelines rein in oxygen use? A retrospective cross-sectional study using routinely collected data.International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care · 2023
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  18. Cold Bubble Humidification of Oxygen: Old habits die hard.Sultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Joyce L CousinsFaculty of Arts, Nursing and Theology, Avondale College of Higher Education, Sydney, Australia; School of Nursing and Midwifery, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia; Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
Peter A B WarkPriority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia; School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia; Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Hunter Medical Research Institute, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
Vanessa M McDonaldSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia; Priority Research Centre for Healthy Lungs, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia; School of Medicine and Public Health, The University of Newcastle, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia; Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Hunter Medical Research Institute, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
Avondale University · AUHunter Medical Research Institute · AUJohn Hunter Hospital · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oxygen is a commonly used drug in the clinical setting and like other drugs its use must be considered carefully. This is particularly true for those patients who are at risk of type II respiratory failure in whom the risk of hypercapnia is well established. In recent times, several international bodies have advocated for the prescription of oxygen therapy in an attempt to reduce this risk in vulnerable patient groups. Despite this guidance, published data have demonstrated that there has been poor uptake of these recommendations. Multiple interventions have been tested to improve concordance, and while some of these interventions show promise, the sustainability of these interventions are less convincing. In this review, we summarize data that have been published on the prevalence of oxygen prescription and the accurate and appropriate administration of this drug therapy. We also identify strategies that have shown promise in facilitating changes to oxygen prescription and delivery practice. There is a clear need to investigate the barriers, facilitators, and attitudes of clinicians in relation to the prescription of oxygen therapy in acute care. Interventions based on these findings then need to be designed and tested to facilitate the application of evidence-based guidelines to support sustained changes in practice, and ultimately improve patient care.

Indexed as

Oxygen Inhalation TherapyHumansPractice Guidelines as TopicPractice Patterns, Physicians'PrescriptionsPulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructivechronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseCOPDhypercapniahypoxiaoxygen therapyprescribingtype II respiratory failure

Identifiers

PMID27307722
PMCPMC4888716
OpenAlexW2404367093

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