Long-term oxygen therapy to reduce length of hospital stay in COVID-19.
Douglas Inomata Cardoso da SilvaLetícia Yumi IshimotoEstefânia Aparecida Thomé FrancoMaércio Souza Cícero Dos SantosLuís Fernando Pereira BrizolaCamila Aparecida ColomboEdris Guardiano SavadkouhiLuiz Henrique Soares MachadoSuzana Erico TanniRobson Aparecido PrudentePublished in: Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) (2024)
Long-term oxygen therapy is an effective strategy for reducing hospitalization time in COVID-19 patients, regardless of gravity. Additionally, more obese patients with persistence of respiratory symptoms, faster disease evolution, and more days of invasive mechanical ventilation needed to maintain the long-term oxygen therapy longer.