Clinical Study Undersea biomedical research 1984

Cerebral arterial air embolism: II. Effect of pressure and time on cortical evoked potential recovery.

Leitch DR, Greenbaum LJ, Hallenbeck JM — Undersea biomedical research, 1984

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers investigated the effect of various hyperbaric air and oxygen treatments on cortical evoked potential recovery in a dog model of cerebral arterial gas embolism.

What They Found

In this severe model, few dogs achieved full recovery, and three showed no recovery. No improvement in cortical evoked potential recovery was observed with pressures greater than 2.8 bar, and oxygen breathing at 2.8 bar was not surpassed by any other treatment.

Canadian Relevance

This study has no direct Canadian connection.

Study Limitations

A significant limitation is that this study was conducted in a severe dog model, focusing solely on cortical evoked potential recovery, which may not fully translate to human outcomes.

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Study Details

Study Type	Clinical Study
Category	Neurological
Source	Pubmed
PubMed ID	6506336
Year Published	1984
Journal	Undersea biomedical research
MeSH Terms	Animals; Atmospheric Pressure; Cerebral Arterial Diseases; Dogs; Embolism, Air; Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Male; Submarine Medicine; Time Factors

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