Oxygen toxicity seizures: 20 years' experience from a single hyperbaric unit

Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 202-210

  Banham, Neil D G ^a  

^a FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Hyperbaric oxygen; Hyperbaric oxygen therapy; Oxygen; Seizures; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CASE REPORT; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; CRUSH TRAUMA; HEALING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; OXYGEN TOXICITY; OXYGEN TOXICITY SEIZURE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TREATMENT DURATION; ULCER; UNITED STATES; WORK EXPERIENCE; BAROTRAUMA;

BAROTRAUMA; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; OXYGEN; SEIZURES;

EID: 82855164231     PISSN: 18333516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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