Counterfeit oxygen concentrators in India: how to spot them before you buy

Counterfeit oxygen concentrators in India: how to spot them before you buy

counterfeit oxygen concentrators in India.The 2021 COVID-19 crisis flooded India with oxygen concentrators. Demand during April–June 2021 outstripped the licensed supply chain by an order of magnitude. The gap was filled by imports through non-standard channels, bulk-buying from unaudited Chinese OEMs, and a visible counterfeit segment that put “branded” stickers on unbranded units and pushed

COPD oxygen prescription in India: GOLD 2024 LTOT, titration, and the risks of over-prescribing

COPD oxygen prescription in India: GOLD 2024 LTOT, titration, and the risks of over-prescribing

COPD oxygen prescription in India.Long-term oxygen therapy remains one of only three interventions — alongside smoking cessation and, in selected patients, pulmonary rehabilitation or lung volume reduction — that extends survival in COPD.   The evidence anchoring this is four decades old, the thresholds have not moved materially, and yet in Indian practice, LTOT prescription