Long Term Oxygen Therapy in Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease

Assiut University10 enrolled

Overview

Study the effect of using long term oxygen therapy in patients with interstitial lung disease and chronic hypoxia

long term oxygen can be used in patients with interstitial lung disease with hypoxia and the aim of this study is to k ow whether this will improve life style , exercise tolerance in those patients

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Long Term Oxygen Therapy Interstitial Lung Disease

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 70 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria : * patients with ILD and hypoxia with SO2\<88 at room air and PO2 \< or equal 7.3k.pa or \< or equal 8 k.pa in presence of lower limb edema , pulmonary hypertension or polycythemia * age group 18 : 70 Exclusion Criteria : * Causes of chronic respiratory failure other than ILD.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Dyspnea score improvement

dyspnea by Modified Medical Research Counsel

Time frame: Baseline

Quality of life improvement

Quality of life by st.George questionnaire

Time frame: Baseline

Central Contacts

Asmaa Mahmoud Mohamed Eltayeb

CONTACT

01114203879 asmaaeltayeb34@gmail.com

Atef Farouk Elqarn

CONTACT

01006474200

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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