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Article: The AirSep LifeStyle[TM] Portable Oxygen Concentrator.(UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS EQUIPMENT REVIEWS)
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- FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
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Several weeks prior to writing this review, I was sitting in the Detroit airport waiting to transfer between planes. As I sat, I noticed a commotion at the airline boarding podium. Being nearby, I was able to hear the subject of the controversy. The passenger was a 65-70 year-old woman who looked frail, agitated and short of breath. She had on an [O.sub.2] cannula which was hooked to an E-cylinder. Another lady, her daughter, was arguing with the head flight attendant about her mother's need to have supplemental oxygen on her flight. The attendant was adamant in her refusal to let the passenger board, maintaining that passengers are not allowed to bring pressurized gas ...