Annual decline in arterial blood oxygen predicts development of chronic respiratory failure in COPD with mild hypoxaemia: A 6-year follow-up study.

Kiyoshi UemasuSusumu SatoShigeo MuroAtsuyasu SatoNaoya TanabeKoichi HasegawaYoko HamakawaTatsushi MizutaniYoshinori FuseyaKazuya TanimuraTamaki TakahashiToyohiro Hirai

Published in: Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) (2018)

Patients with COPD and mild hypoxaemia may benefit from repeat ABG after 1 year. Although PaO2 trajectories widely varied, significant annual changes in PaO2 of at least -3.0 Torr/year were predictive of CRF development.

Keyphrases

respiratory failure
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung function
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
mechanical ventilation
depressive symptoms
cystic fibrosis
acute respiratory distress syndrome
drug induced