• Aust Prescr · Jun 2015

    Review

    Acute use of oxygen therapy.

    • Janine Pilcher and Richard Beasley.
    • Capital and Coast District Health Board, Wellington, New Zealand.
    • Aust Prescr. 2015 Jun 1; 38 (3): 98-100.

    AbstractA major change is needed in the entrenched culture of routinely administering high-concentration oxygen to acutely ill patients regardless of need. Oxygen is a drug that should be prescribed for specific indications. There should be a documented target range for oxygen saturation, and regular monitoring of the patient's response. There are risks from unrelieved hypoxaemia due to insufficient oxygen therapy, and from provoked hyperoxaemia due to excessive oxygen therapy. Oxygen therapy should therefore be titrated so that the saturation is within a range that avoids these risks. If oxygen requirements are increasing, the clinician should review the patient and consider transfer to a higher level of care. If oxygen requirements are decreasing, consider reducing or discontinuing oxygen therapy.

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