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Project Number: | I01HX002499-01 |
| Title: | post-REcovery LIbEration From Oxygen in Exacerbated COPD (RELIEF) |
| Principal Investigator: | Laura Cecere M. Feemster |
| Location: | Seattle, WA |
| Congressional District Code: | 9 |
| Research Service: | Health Services R&D |
| Project Period: | July 2018 - June 2022 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $270,729 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$1,149,049 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: Projects such as the American Board of Internal Medicine’s “Choosing Wisely” campaign emphasize the importance of identifying and de-implementing ineffective, harmful and/or wasteful practices to improve the quality and safety of delivered care. Among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), oxygen has been shown to improve survival among a specific subset of patients with severe resting hypoxemia. The provision of oxygen therapy has been extrapolated to other populations lead... |