Hyperbaric oxygen as a treatment for COVID-19 infection?
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Moon, RE; Weaver, LK
Published in: Undersea Hyperb Med
2020
Recently the internet has been abuzz with new ideas to treat COVID-19, including hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) therapy, undoubtedly driven by the fact that until recently there have been few therapeutic options for this highly contagious and often lethal infection. . . . Refractory hypoxemia is certainly treatable with hyperbaric oxygen due to the obvious effect of increasing inspired oxygen partial pressure (PO2), the major reason for using HBO2 for its established indications. However, the length of time during which patients can safely be administered HBO2 inside a chamber is limited, due to practical issues of confinement and isolation from other necessary medical interventions, but also because of oxygen toxicity.
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Undersea Hyperb Med
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1066-2936
Publication Date
2020
Volume
47
Issue
2
Start / End Page
177 / 179
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- SARS-CoV-2
- Pulmonary Gas Exchange
- Pneumonia, Viral
- Physiology
- Pandemics
- Oxygen
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Hypoxia
- Hyperbaric Oxygenation
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Moon, R. E., & Weaver, L. K. (2020). Hyperbaric oxygen as a treatment for COVID-19 infection? Undersea Hyperb Med, 47(2), 177–179. https://doi.org/10.22462/04.06.2020.1
Moon, Richard E., and Lindell K. Weaver. “Hyperbaric oxygen as a treatment for COVID-19 infection?” Undersea Hyperb Med 47, no. 2 (2020): 177–79. https://doi.org/10.22462/04.06.2020.1.
Moon RE, Weaver LK. Hyperbaric oxygen as a treatment for COVID-19 infection? Undersea Hyperb Med. 2020;47(2):177–9.
Moon, Richard E., and Lindell K. Weaver. “Hyperbaric oxygen as a treatment for COVID-19 infection?” Undersea Hyperb Med, vol. 47, no. 2, 2020, pp. 177–79. Pubmed, doi:10.22462/04.06.2020.1.
Moon RE, Weaver LK. Hyperbaric oxygen as a treatment for COVID-19 infection? Undersea Hyperb Med. 2020;47(2):177–179.
Published In
Undersea Hyperb Med
DOI
ISSN
1066-2936
Publication Date
2020
Volume
47
Issue
2
Start / End Page
177 / 179
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- SARS-CoV-2
- Pulmonary Gas Exchange
- Pneumonia, Viral
- Physiology
- Pandemics
- Oxygen
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Hypoxia
- Hyperbaric Oxygenation