Domiciliary Oxygen Therapy by Dr. Saman Kularathne

• In two landmark randomised controlled trials, patientswho were prescribed continuous oxygen therapymanaged to use it for an average of 18 hours a day.3,4These patients had reduced mortality compared withthose using the oxygen 15 hours a day or less. Thus, therecommendation is generally that the oxygen be usedfor as many hours out of 24 as possible