A per-protocol analysis suggested benefit from high-flow oxygen in this setting via reduced hypoxemia (10.8% vs 16.7% in the standard-care group, aOR 0.59, 97.5% CI 0.36-0.97, ...

It stops the flow of oxygen should the tubing catch fire. Officials recommend having two of these on every oxygen line. It isn’t expensive, ranging anywhere from $4 to $7 apiece.

In Ohio, smoking-related fires were the leading cause of fire deaths in 2020-2022, and 40% of those deaths involved oxygen users. Anita Metheny, fire prevention bureau chief for the Division of ...