论文信息 - Normobaric measurement of arterial oxygen tension in subjects exposed to hyperbaric oxygen.

Normobaric measurement of arterial oxygen tension in subjects exposed to hyperbaric oxygen.

This study demonstrates the ability of an automated blood gas analyzer (Radiometer ABL 330) operated at atmospheric pressure to measure the arterial oxygen tension (PaO2) of ten healthy volunteers exposed to hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) up to 3.0 atmospheres absolute. Arterial blood samples were aspirated from subjects compressed in a single-person hyperbaric chamber and were analyzed immediately in the blood gas analyzer. The subjects' values for PaO2 correlated with the calculated alveolar O2 tension (PAO2) (measured PaO2 = 0.827 x PAO2-15.1) (r2 = 0.97). Tonometric experiments indicated a difference between saline and blood PO2 measurements. We therefore derived a correction factor for blood measurements (corrected PaO2 = 0.908 x PAO2-52.4) (r2 = 0.98). These results compared favorably with PaO2 measurements made with blood gas analyzers calibrated inside walk-in hyperbaric chambers. We conclude that the PaO2 of normal subjects exposed to HBO2 can be measured accurately at atmospheric pressure with this automated blood gas analyzer. Prior to this study, hyperbaric PaO2 measurements could only be performed within walk-in chambers. Our observations generalize the normobaric measurement of hyperbaric PaO2 to patients treated in single-person and walk-in chambers.

L K Weaver | S Howe | L. Weaver | S. Howe

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