Change to home oxygen | No of patients (some patients had >1 change made) | % |
No change as assessment required | 6 | 2.8 |
Increase | ||
Ambulatory oxygen added/increased | 11 | 5.2 |
LTOT added to ambulatory oxygen only | 3 | 1.4 |
LTOT increased | 3 | 1.4 |
Short burst oxygen changed to LTOT | 5 | 2.4 |
Decrease | ||
All oxygen stopped | 24 | 11.3 |
Ambulatory oxygen reduced | 93 | 43.9 |
Ambulatory oxygen stopped | 20 | 9.4 |
Lightweight ambulatory oxygen switched to standard ambulatory oxygen | 39 | 18.4 |
LTOT stopped | 5 | 2.4 |
LTOT changed to ambulatory only | 3 | 1.4 |
LTOT changed to short-burst oxygen | 25 | 11.8 |
Short-burst oxygen reduced | 47 | 22.2 |
Short-burst stopped | 7 | 3.3 |
LTOT, long-term oxygen therapy.