TY - JOUR T1 - <em>From the authors</em> JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 748 LP - 748 DO - 10.1183/09031936.05.00082405 VL - 26 IS - 4 AU - Y. Lacasse AU - F. Maltais Y1 - 2005/10/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/26/4/748.1.abstract N2 - I. García-Talavera's reaction to the results of our trial of ambulatory oxygen (AO) in oxygen-dependent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is of no surprise to us. We realise that our findings, i.e. that as-needed AO provided for a period of 3 months had no effect on quality of life and walked distance 1, are against the stream of current guidelines (i.e. that active patients receiving long-term oxygen therapy should have both stationary and mobile systems of oxygen delivery) 2 … ER -