Seizure frequency in more than 180,000 treatment sessions with hyperbaric oxygen therapy – a single centre 20-year analysis | Zendy

Diogo Alpuim Costa | Zendy; José S Ganilha | Zendy; Pedro Barata | Zendy; Francisco Guerreiro | Zendy

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Seizure frequency in more than 180,000 treatment sessions with hyperbaric oxygen therapy – a single centre 20-year analysis

Author(s) -

Diogo Alpuim Costa,

José S Ganilha,

Pedro Barata,

Francisco Guerreiro

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

diving and hyperbaric medicine journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.389

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 2209-1491

pISSN - 1833-3516

DOI - 10.28920/dhm49.3.167-174

Subject(s) - medicine , refractory (planetary science) , anesthesia , hyperbaric oxygen , oxygen toxicity , retrospective cohort study , surgery , lung , physics , astrobiology

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) involves the risk of central nervous system oxygen toxicity (CNS-OT), including seizures in patients breathing oxygen at pressures ≥ 2 atmospheres absolute. This study aimed to determine the seizure frequency and assess the clinical benefit of a 5-minute air-break (5´-AIRBK).

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