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Descriptor English:   Hyperbaric Oxygenation 
Descriptor Spanish:   Oxigenación Hiperbárica 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Oxigenação Hiperbárica 
Synonyms English:   Oxygenation, Hyperbaric  
Tree Number:   E02.880.690.490
Definition English:   The therapeutic intermittent administration of oxygen in a chamber at greater than sea-level atmospheric pressures (three atmospheres). It is considered effective treatment for air and gas embolisms, smoke inhalation, acute carbon monoxide poisoning, caisson disease, clostridial gangrene, etc. (From Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992). The list of treatment modalities includes stroke. 
Indexing Annotation English:   coord IM with disease /ther (IM), not /drug ther
History Note English:   65(64) 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects CL classification
CT contraindications EC economics
ES ethics HI history
IS instrumentation MT methods
MO mortality NU nursing
PX psychology ST standards
SN statistics & numerical data TD trends
UT utilization VE veterinary
Record Number:   7110 
Unique Identifier:   D006931 

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