Pulmonary Oxygen Toxicity Through Exhaled Breath Markers After Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment Table 6.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: The hyperbaric oxygen treatment table 6 (TT6) is widely used to manage dysbaric illnesses in divers and iatrogenic gas emboli in patients after surgery and other interventional procedures. These treatment tables can have adverse effects, such as pulmonary oxygen toxicity (POT). It is caused by reactive oxygen species' damaging effect in lung tissue and is often experienced after multiple days of therapy. The subclinical pulmonary effects have not been determined. The primary aim of this study was to measure volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in breath, indicative of subclinical POT after a TT6. Since the exposure would be limited, the secondary aim of this study was to determine whether these VOCs decreased to baseline levels within a few hours. Methods: Fourteen

SUBMITTER: de Jong FJM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9127798 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature