Translating the Mechanisms of Hypoxia to Long-Term Oxygen Prescription in COPD
Nov 10, 2025

Prescribing LTOT solely based on Sao2 or Pao2 thresholds may be inappropriate. According to precision medicine principles, we propose that it should be a priority to identify early indicators of adverse reactions to chronic hypoxia and to validate their usefulness in deciding who should receive LTOT.


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