Home Long-Term Oxygen Treatment in Italy

The Additional Value of Telemedicine
2005. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-88-470-0388-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 162 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 364 g

This volume describes the evolution in the home management of severe chronic respiratory insufficiency (CRI) over the last two decades in Italy. It reviews a range of topics including the epidemiological aspects, complicating events, current systems for oxygen delivery with the most convenient interfaces, changing approaches to the patient-caregiver relationship, and the economic burden. Particular attention is paid to the new trends in telemedicine, which is regarded as the future step in respiratory medicine for home-assisted and home-ventilated patients. Data concerning the new role of nursing, the patient’s expectation of life, and the patient’s, family's, and doctor’s perspective are also reported, together with an update on the economic impact of telemedicine and the continuing improvements in the quality of telematic home long-term oxygen treatment.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dal Negro, R W

Goldberg, A I

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Innere Medizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Pneumologie, Atmung, Asthma
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Telemedizin, e-Health

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Telemedicine in Respiratory Care.- Home Long-Term Oxygen Treatment (H-LTOT): Why, Where, and How.- From National to Regional Criteria for H-LTOT.- Systems for Oxygen Delivery.- The Interfaces.- Telemedicine and LTOT in Italy: a 20-Year Experience.- New Telemonitoring Technologies in Italy.- The Changing Role of Nursing in Telemetric LTOT at Home.- Home LTOT: Patient—Caregiver Compliance and Adhesion.- Complications in LTOT patients.- LTOT Outcomes: Patient’s and Doctor’s Perspectives.- Telemedicine for Home-Ventilated Patients.- Economic Evaluation of Treating Patients with Long-Term Oxygen Therapy with or without Telemetric Monitoring.- Continuing Quality Improvement in the Management of H-LTOT.