Hyperbaric oxygen in the critically ill

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1784-1791

  Weaver, Lindell K ^a,b,c  

^a LDS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

critical care; fasciitis; gas gangrene; hyperbaric oxygenation; mechanical; necrotizing; ventilators

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CARBON DIOXIDE; FENTANYL; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL;

ANEMIA; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN ABSCESS; BURN; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CARDIOVERSION; CENTRAL RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CRUSH TRAUMA; CYANIDE POISONING; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOOT ULCER; GAS EMBOLISM; GAS EXCHANGE; GAS GANGRENE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; MEDICAL APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MYRINGOTOMY; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PACEMAKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDATION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; WOUND;

EID: 79959672464     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31821858d1     Document Type: Review

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