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ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to verify independent risk factors of pressure equalization problems associated with hyperbaric oxygen (HBO(2)) therapy.
We reviewed a single-institutional study of 1609 patients with 17604 treatments who had HBO(2) therapy in a multiplace chamber, in which the factors examined and their relationship to complications were assessed, using multivariate analyses, to determine the significantly independent risk factors of complications related to HBO(2) therapy.
The compression rate was 0.067 atmospheres absolute/min (6.8 kPa/min). Pressure equalization problems of the middle ear, expressed as pain or discomfort, such as cranial sinus pain, and teeth pain were observed in 156 patients (9.7%). Sixty-six of them could not continue HBO(2) therapy because of these problems. Peripheral circulatory disorders with refractory ulcers or nonhealing wounds and the interval between clinical symptoms and the first day of HBO(2) therapy were independent risk factors of pressure equalization problems. Independent risk factors of cessation due to pressure equalization problems were identified as age more than 61 years, female sex, and interval between symptoms and the first day of HBO(2) therapy.
It is suggested that chamber compression must be performed with particular care when patients have peripheral circulatory disorders and have short interval between clinical symptoms and the first day of HBO(2) therapy.
Journal of critical care 10/2008; 23(3):295-300. · 2.13 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: Nitrous oxide (N2O) and propofol exhibit directionally opposite effects on the cerebral circulation, vasodilation and vasoconstriction, respectively. The authors investigated an interaction between the two anesthetic agents on the dynamic cerebrovascular response to step changes in end-tidal pressure of carbon dioxide (PetCO2) in humans.
Participants with no systemic diseases were allocated into two groups, each of which was anesthetized sequentially with two protocols. Patients in group 1 were anesthetized with 30% O2 + 70% N2O. A continuous intravenous infusion of propofol (7-10 mg x kg(-1) x h(-1)) was then added to the N2O. Patients in group 2 were anesthetized first with continuous infusion of propofol (10 mg x kg(-1) h(-1)), and then 30% O2 + 70% N2O was added to the propofol anesthesia. Using transcranial Doppler ultrasonography, blood flow velocity at the middle cerebral artery (FV(MCA)) was measured during a step increase (on-response) followed by a step decrease (off-response) in PetCO2, with PetCO2 ranging between approximately 28 and 50 mmHg. The dynamic FV(MCA)-PetCO2 relationship was analyzed using a mathematical model that was characterized with a pure time delay, and a time constant and a gain each for the on- or off-response.
The addition of propofol to the N2O anesthesia increased the on-response time constant (P < 0.01), whereas the addition of N2O to the propofol anesthesia increased the time constants for on- (P < 0.01) and off-responses (P < 0.05). However, the addition of either anesthetic did not affect the gains.
Propofol and N2O, when one is added to the other, produce similar dynamic FV(MCA) responses to sudden changes in PetCO2. Addition of each anesthetic slows the dynamic response and produces the response whose magnitude is proportional to the baseline FV(MCA).
Anesthesiology 03/2003; 98(3):633-8. · 5.36 Impact Factor
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ABSTRACT: The results of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy for treatment of postoperative paralytic ileus and adhesive intestinal obstruction associated with abdominal surgery are unknown.
A retrospective review of postoperative paralytic ileus and adhesive intestinal obstruction associated with abdominal surgery in 626 patients required 758 admissions who underwent HBO therapy was undertaken to examine the efficacy of HBO therapy.
The overall resolution rates for patients receiving HBO therapy in cases of postoperative paralytic ileus and adhesive intestinal obstruction were 92% and 85%, respectively. Among patients who were more than 75 years old, the therapies resolved 35 (97%) of 36 cases of postoperative paralytic ileus and 42 (81%) of 52 cases of adhesive intestinal obstruction, which was comparable to the results for patients less than 75 years old. The mortality rate was 1.2% overall. Complications related to HBO therapy occurred in 3.8% of the admissions, and most of them were not serious.
These results suggest that HBO therapy might deserve further assessment for use in management of postoperative paralytic ileus and adhesive intestinal obstruction as a new modality. HBO therapy is safe and non-invasive, and may be useful in the elderly patients, since mortality was relatively low in this series.
Hepato-gastroenterology 54(79):1925-9. · 0.66 Impact Factor
