Supplemental Oxygen Utilization During Physical Therapy Interventions
Publication Date: June 1, 2014
Key Points
Key Points
- The use of supplemental oxygen is an important component of disease management in many patients who demonstrate hypoxemia at rest and/or with activity.
- A need exists for recommendations for use of supplemental oxygen in the clinical setting.
- Physical therapists are often required to utilize supplemental oxygen with patients in diverse settings, but currently no national recommendations, guidelines, or position statements exist to guide physical therapy practice.
- These guidelines describe the physical therapist’s role in titrating supplemental oxygen, ensuring safety with activity, providing appropriate exercise prescriptions to increase functional performance, and instructing patients in use of appropriate breathing exercises to optimize supplemental oxygen and decrease breathlessness.
Diagnosis
...Signs/Symptoms of Hypoxemia Table...
Treatment
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...ndications for Long-term Supplemental Oxygen Thera...
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...4. Pulse Oximetry Monitoring Consider...
...Figure 1. Decision Making Regardin...
...able 5. Typical Oxygen Delivery Service...
...le 6. Methods of Supplemental Oxygen Delivery...
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Source
...urceHillegass, E., Fick, A., Pawlik, A., Crouc...