Effects of long-term oxygen therapy on acute exacerbation and hospital burden: the national DISCOVERY study
LTOT is associated with reduced rates of both total and hospitalised acute exacerbations and all-cause hospitalisations in patients with COPD, as well as patients with ILD and PH with 12 months of follow-up. There is increased all-cause outpatient visits in all disease groups following LTOT initiation.
Authors
- Alyson W. Wong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4910-1948)
- Sabina A. Guler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9833-5911)
- Christopher J. Ryerson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1049-393X)
- Filip Björklund (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5199-3570)
- Magnus Per Ekström (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7227-5113)
- Yet Hong Khor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5434-9342)
- Zainab Ahmadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1434-5715)
- Andreas Palm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0590-0417)
- Josefin Sundh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1926-8464)
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- Uppsala University (SE)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Lund University (SE)
- Örebro University (SE)
- University Hospital of Bern (CH)
- St. Paul's Hospital (CA)
- Institute for Breathing and Sleep (AU)
- Austin Health (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Thorax
- Published
- 2025-03-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax-2023-221063
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.11
Funders
- National Health and Medical Research Council