The Home Oxygen Service provides comprehensive assessments and reviews for individuals with long-term respiratory disease requiring ambulatory or long-term oxygen therapy, conducted in a clinic or home setting based on patient needs.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusions

Long-Term Oxygen Therapy

• Patient has oxygen saturations of less than 92% on air at rest, when stable (pharmacologically optimised, no exacerbation in the past six weeks)
• If blood gases available: PaO2 of less than 7.3kPa or between 7.3 kPa and 8kPa with any of the following secondary conditions: polycythaemia, nocturnal hypoxaemia (oxygen saturations less than 90% more than 30% of the time) peripheral oedema or pulmonary hypertension.

Ambulatory Oxygen Assessment

• Patient has oxygen saturations of 89% or less on exertion when well (pharmacologically optimised, no exacerbation in the past six weeks)

Exclusions

• Patients who are current smokers
• Palliative oxygen should be considered as per NCL guideline

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