Volume : IV, Issue : IV, April - 2015

Barotrauma in Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: our Experience at Institute of Naval Medicine

S Sarkar, S Bhutani, Dk Ghosh, C Kodange, Aketi Sagar, G Madhusudhan, Manoj Kumar U

Abstract :

Hyperbaric oxygen (HBOT) is a treatment modality in which a patient eathes near 100% oxygen intermittently

while inside a treatment chamber at a pressure higher than atmospheric pressure (usually at a pressure of 2.4 Atmospheres Absolute ). As in any other treatment modality, several side effects and complications from HBOT have been described. By far, the
most frequent side effect is Middle Ear Barotrauma, and can be prevented or minimized by teaching auto-inflation techniques, or by inserting
tympanostomy tubes.
A retrospective analysis of data pertaining to all patients administered HBOT during the period of one year was carried out at Institute of
Naval Medicine. The overall incidence of middle ear barotrauma noted was 30 out of 123 cases corresponding to 24.3%, which is consistent
with those in the literature

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S Sarkar, S Bhutani, DK Ghosh, C Kodange, Aketi Sagar, G Madhusudhan, Manoj Kumar U Barotrauma in Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: our Experience at Institute of Naval Medicine International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 4, Issue : 4 April 2015


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