Chamber personnel's use of Nitrox 50 during hyperbaric oxygen treatment: a quality study--research report.
Undersea Hyperb Med
; 40(5): 395-402, 2013.
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| ID: mdl-24224283
OBJECTIVE: We aimed to evaluate the feasibility and safety of using Nitrox 50 as breathing gas during attendance in a multiplace hyperbaric chamber. METHODS: Paper logs between Jan.-Dec. 2011 were reviewed to analyze nitrogen gas-loading, actual bottom time, total bottom time and surface interval time. With the use of the Norwegian Diving Tables nitrogen gas-loading was converted to Repetitive Group Letters. Symptoms of decompression sickness and health problems related to hyperbaric exposures were registered at weekly staff meetings. The chamber personnel breathed chamber air or Nitrox 50. RESULTS: 1,207 hyperbaric exposures were distributed to five chamber attendants and technicians, 14 doctors, and six nurses. Nitrox 50 was inhaled on 978 occasions (81.0%). Median nitrogen gas-loading after first pressurization complied with Repetitive Group Letter A (range A-E), second to C (range A-F), third to D (range A-F), fourth to E (range C-H), fifth to F (range C-H), and sixth to E (range B-G). No symptoms of decompression sickness were reported (95% CI 0.00-0.33%). CONCLUSION: Breathing Nitrox 50 during repetitive hyperbaric sessions seems to be feasible and safe while meeting high demands in number of treatment sessions and patient flow and with fewer people employed in the hyperbaric unit.
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MEDLINE
Therapeutic Methods and Therapies TCIM:
Terapias_biologicas
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Oxigenoterapia_hiperbrica
Main subject:
Oxygen
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Atmosphere Exposure Chambers
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Occupational Exposure
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Health Personnel
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Hyperbaric Oxygenation
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Nitrogen
Type of study:
Observational_studies
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
Undersea Hyperb Med
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Denmark