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Chest clinic
Audit update
British Thoracic Society emergency oxygen audits
  1. B R O'Driscoll1,
  2. L S Howard2,
  3. C Bucknall3,
  4. S A Welham4,
  5. A G Davison5,
  6. On behalf of the British Thoracic Society
  1. 1Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Salford Royal Foundation NHS Trust, Salford, UK
  2. 2Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK
  3. 3Department of Respiratory Medicine, Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow, UK
  4. 4British Thoracic Society, London, UK
  5. 5Department of Respiratory Medicine, Southend University Hospital, Southend, UK
  1. Correspondence to B R O'Driscoll, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Salford Royal University Hospital, Salford M6 8HD, UK; ronan.o'driscoll{at}srft.nhs.uk

Abstract

The British Thoracic Society (BTS) guideline for emergency oxygen use in adult patients was commissioned by the BTS and developed in conjunction with 21 other colleges and societies prior to publication in 2008. One of the specific aims of the Guideline Development Group was to audit the use of oxygen in UK hospitals before the guideline was published and at intervals afterwards.

  • allergic lung disease
  • asthma
  • short burst oxygen therapy
  • lung physiology
  • primary pulmonary hypertension
  • pulmonary embolism
  • COPD exacerbations
  • perception of asthma/breathlessness
  • pneumonia
  • respiratory infection
  • asthma mechanisms
  • cough/mechanisms/pharmacology
  • COPD epidemiology
  • COPD pathology
  • COPD pharmacology
  • emphysema
  • health economist

https://doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200078

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