Prospective Study Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica 2007

Arterial oxygen tension increase 2-3 h after hyperbaric oxygen therapy: a prospective observational study.

Ratzenhofer-Komenda B, Offner A, Ofner P, Klemen H, Prause G, Smolle-Jüttner FM, et al. — Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 2007

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers prospectively observed changes in arterial blood gases in 11 mechanically ventilated intensive care patients for up to 6 hours after hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

What They Found

Arterial oxygen tension (PaO2) decreased by 19.7% (P < 0.01) one hour after hyperbaric oxygen therapy. However, PaO2 then increased by 9.3% over baseline levels two to three hours post-treatment.

Canadian Relevance

This study has no direct Canadian connection.

Study Limitations

A significant limitation of this study is its very small sample size of only 11 patients.

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Study Details

Study Type	Prospective Study
Category	Infection
Source	Pubmed
PubMed ID	17229230
Year Published	2007
Journal	Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
MeSH Terms	Acid-Base Equilibrium; Aged; Carbon Dioxide; Critical Care; Female; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Male; Middle Aged; Oxygen; Respiration, Artificial

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