Are pulmonary bleb and bullae a contraindication for hyperbaric oxygen treatment?

Date
2008
Author
YIDIZ, Senol
Toklu, Akın Savaş
Erelel, Mustafa
Korpinar, Sefika
UZUN, Gunalp
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Abstract
Background: Air cysts or blebs in the lungs may predispose pulmonary barotrauma (PBT) by causing air trapping when there is a change in environmental pressure. The changes in the environmental pressure are also seen during hyperbaric oxygen treatments (HBOT).
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12627/15351
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2008.03.012
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