Long Term Oxygen Therapy in Patients With Interstitial Lung Disease

Assiut University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Long Term Oxygen Therapy; Interstitial Lung Disease

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04089826

Role of LTOT in Pateints e ILD

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Full description

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

Enrollment: 10 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

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.