Hyperbaric oxygen in patients with ischemic stroke following cardiac surgery: a retrospective observational trial.

Background: Hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO₂) involves breathing 100% oxygen under elevated ambient pressure in a hyperbaric chamber, thereby dissolving oxygen in the plasma. This results in an increase of arterial partial pressure of oxygen (pO₂). Though well established in experimental studies, HBO₂ treatment for ischemic stroke is still under discussion.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for intensive care patients: position statement by the European Committee for Hyperbaric Medicine.

Many of the accepted indications for hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) may occur in critically ill patients. HBOT itself may cause a number of physiological changes which may further compromise the patient's state. Guidelines on the management of critically ill patients in a hyperbaric facility have been founded on the conclusions of the 2007 European Committee for Hyperbaric Medicine (ECHM) meeting.

Severe hydrogen sulphide poisoning treated with 4-dimethylaminophenol and hyperbaric oxygen.

Unlabelled: INTRODUCTION Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is a highly toxic gas which originates mainly during breakdown of organic matter under anaerobic conditions. After inhalation, H2S binds to mitochondrial respiratory enzymes preventing oxidative phosphorylation, thereby causing reversible inhibition of aerobic metabolism and cellular anoxia. The use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) for H2S poisoning remains controversial, but has a similar underlying rationale to that in carbon monoxide poisoning.