Supplemental oxygen and hyperbaric treatment at high altitude: Cardiac and respiratory response

Pauline Rodway, J.S. Windsor, Nigel Hart

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Abstract

Introduction: The most effective treatment for high altitude sickness is prompt descent. However, rapid descent is sometimes impossible and alternative solutions are desirable. Supplemental oxygen at ambient pressure and hyperbaric oxygen in a hyperbaric tent have both been demonstrated to improve symptoms and increase arterial oxygenation (SaO(2)) in those with high altitude sickness; however, their use in combination has not previously been described in a controlled study. Methods and Results: In this feasibility study, the SaO(2) of six healthy, well-acclimatized participants rose from 76.5 to 97.5% at 4900 m and 72.5 to 96.0% at 5700 m following the administration of oxygen via a nasal demand circuit (33 ml of oxygen per pulse) inside a hyperbaric tent (107 mmHg above ambient barometric pressure) (p
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)613-617
Number of pages5
JournalAviation Space and Environmental Medicine
Volume78
Issue number6
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2007

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pollution
  • General Medicine
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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