Community distribution of oxygen: a unique COVID-19 intervention
Abstract The rapid spread of COVID-19 around the world has exposed some long-standing deficiencies in health systems, particularly in environments with low financial and medical resources. Most patients ill with COVID-19 require oxygen and supportive therapy for survival as there remains no conclusi...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:5a03ef3631ef42308b0097a040ce7624 2023-05-15T15:03:18+02:00 Community distribution of oxygen: a unique COVID-19 intervention Nelson Ashinedu Ukor Yusuff Adebayo Adebisi Theogene Uwizeyimana Attaullah Ahmadi Osmond C. Ekwebelem Precious Fadele Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno 2021-05-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-021-00333-z https://doaj.org/article/5a03ef3631ef42308b0097a040ce7624 EN eng BMC https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-021-00333-z https://doaj.org/toc/1349-4147 doi:10.1186/s41182-021-00333-z 1349-4147 https://doaj.org/article/5a03ef3631ef42308b0097a040ce7624 Tropical Medicine and Health, Vol 49, Iss 1, Pp 1-3 (2021) COVID-19 Oxygen Innovation Community distribution Telemedicine Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2021 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-021-00333-z 2022-12-31T15:36:25Z Abstract The rapid spread of COVID-19 around the world has exposed some long-standing deficiencies in health systems, particularly in environments with low financial and medical resources. Most patients ill with COVID-19 require oxygen and supportive therapy for survival as there remains no conclusively established curative therapy. Following a number of critical research work and drawing from a millennia-long evolution of medical practice, respiratory support has been identified as a paramount intervention to ensure lives are saved when supportive care is required, and oxygen is an essential commodity to achieve this. This letter focuses on the numerous means for oxygen delivery to health facilities and in turn the end users and expands on the importance of innovation to improve oxygen supply. We describe a community distribution system with a telemedicine structure that can be leveraged for oxygen delivery. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Tropical Medicine and Health 49 1 |
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Abstract The rapid spread of COVID-19 around the world has exposed some long-standing deficiencies in health systems, particularly in environments with low financial and medical resources. Most patients ill with COVID-19 require oxygen and supportive therapy for survival as there remains no conclusively established curative therapy. Following a number of critical research work and drawing from a millennia-long evolution of medical practice, respiratory support has been identified as a paramount intervention to ensure lives are saved when supportive care is required, and oxygen is an essential commodity to achieve this. This letter focuses on the numerous means for oxygen delivery to health facilities and in turn the end users and expands on the importance of innovation to improve oxygen supply. We describe a community distribution system with a telemedicine structure that can be leveraged for oxygen delivery. |
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Community distribution of oxygen: a unique COVID-19 intervention |
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