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Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand clinical practice guideline on adult home oxygen therapy

McDonald, Christine F; Serginson, John; AlShareef, Saad; Buchan, Catherine; Davies, Huw; Miller, Belinda R; Munsif, Maitri; Smallwood, Natasha; Troy, Lauren; Khor, Yet Hong.

Respirol. (Carlton South); 29 (9), 2024

This Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand Guideline on the provision of home oxygen therapy in adults updates a previous Guideline from 2015. The Guideline is based upon a systematic review and meta-analysis of literature to September 2022 and the strength of recommendations is based on GRADE me...

Oxygen Inhalation Therapy, Home Care Services/standards, Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive, Hypoxia/prevention & control, Heart Failure, Hypertension, Pulmonary, Sleep Apnea, Obstructive

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Excess winter deaths and illness and the health risks associated with cold homes

England. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

This guideline covers reducing the health risks (including preventable deaths) associated with living in a cold home. It aims to improve the health and wellbeing of people vulnerable to the cold. Improving the temperature in homes, by improving energy efficiency, may also help reduce unnecessary fuel con...

Extreme Cold/adverse effects, Health Risk, Home Care Services/standards, Risk Groups

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Managing medicines in care homes

England. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

This guideline covers good practice for managing medicines in care homes. It aims to promote the safe and effective use of medicines in care homes by advising on processes for prescribing, handling and administering medicines. It also recommends how care and services relating to medicines should be provi...

Home Care Services/standards, Medication Therapy Management/standards, Home Nursing/standards, Drug Prescriptions/standards

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