Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Department of Medicine (Royal Melbourne Hospital), The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Intern Med J. 2019 Feb;49(2):252-256. doi: 10.1111/imj.14195.
As palliative oxygen therapy (POT) is beneficial only to a minority of patients with chronic breathlessness, it is no longer routinely recommended. This multi-national, online survey of respiratory and palliative medicine specialists, with 440 participants, identified that prescription of POT has decreased over the past decade; however a sizeable proportion of doctors, particularly within palliative care, still support and recommend POT. Further education and research regarding the optimal management of chronic breathlessness are required.
由于姑息性氧疗（POT）仅对少数慢性呼吸困难患者有益，因此不再常规推荐。这项针对呼吸和姑息医学专家的多国家在线调查共有 440 名参与者，结果表明，过去十年中 POT 的处方量有所减少；但是仍有相当一部分医生，特别是姑息治疗医生，仍然支持和推荐 POT。需要进一步开展关于慢性呼吸困难最佳管理的教育和研究。
