Table A3: Further Characteristics of the Patients in the Included Studies*.
| Arterial Blood Gas, Mean (SD) | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | Partial Pressure O2, kPa | Partial Pressure CO2, kPa | Mean FEV1 (SD), L | % of predicted FEV1 | FEV1/FVC (SD) | Mean Respiratory. Rate (SD), B/min | ||||||||
| Author, Year | HaH | H | HaH | H | HaH | H | HaH | H | HaH | H | HaH | H | HaH | H |
| Cotton et al, 2000 (21) | 39.3 (0.8) (nM) | 40.0 (0.1) (nM) | 8.5 (.4) | 9.2 (0.4) | 6.0 (0.3) | 5.5 (0.2) | 0.95 (0.1) | 0.94 (0.1) | 41 (3) | 44 (3) | 45 (2) | 46 (2) | 24.0 (0.7) | 24 (0 .7) |
| Davies et al, 2000 (20) | 7.4 (0.05) | 7.39 (0.04) | 9.7 (2.9) | 9.0 (1.2) | 5.2 (1.0) | 5.2 (0.8) | 0.71 (0.3) | 0.65 (0.2) | 36 (17)† | 35 (15)† | NR | NR | 24 (4) | 23 (4) |
| Ojoo et al, 2002 (22) | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 1.00 (0.40) | 0.85 (0.30) | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Aimonino Ricauda et al, 2008 (19) | 7.40 (0.10) | 7.41 (0.10) | 69 (19)‡ | 65 (14)‡ | 44 (12)‡ | 46 (12)‡ | 0.92 (0.40) | 1.04 (0.50) | 38 | 47 | NR | NR | 24 (5) | 25 (7) |
| Shepperd et al, 1998 (15;18) | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| Skwarska et al, 2000 (6) | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | 0.77 | 0.66 | NR | NR | NR | NR | 22.8 | 23.2 |
*
Abbreviations: B, breaths; CO2, carbon dioxide; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1 second; FVC, forced vital capacity; H, inhospital care; HaH, hospital-at-home care; L, litres; NR, not reported; O2, oxygen; Resp., respiratory; SD, standard deviation.
†
Percent of predicted post-bronchodilator FEV1.
‡
The measurement unit is mmHg rather than kPa.