BENEFITS OF AMBULATORY OXYGEN IN HYPOXEMIC COPD PATIENTS

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 这是一项在100名低氧血症COPD患者中进行的多中心随机试验，比较了使用轻型动态氧气系统与便携式E钢瓶系统的生理和临床益处。本研究结果将为低氧血症COPD患者的临床治疗提供科学依据。它还将阐明对更昂贵的非卧床氧疗的需求，并为不可避免地降低这种疗法成本的技术发展提供激励。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. This is a multicenter randomized trial in 100 hypoxemic COPD patients comparing the physiologic and clinical benefits of utilizing lightweight ambulatory oxygen systems versus portable E-cylinder systems. The results of this investigation will provide a scientific foundation for the clinical management of hypoxemic COPD patients. It will also clarify the need for more expensive ambulatory oxygen therapy and provide incentive for technologic developments that will inevitably reduce the cost of this therapy.