Hazards in hyperbaric medicine.
During the period April 1965 to April 1968 observations were made on 285 patients and 357 staff exposed to air and oxygen at pressures of 1 to 3 atmospheres absolute in a hyperbaric unit. Decompression sickness was not noted and an annual radiological skeletal survey failed to show aseptic bone necrosis; the incidence of otitic barotrauma was 4.7%. Oxygen toxicity was not observed in any patient. It is suggested that pressures in this range are relatively safe in a specialized medical hyperbaric environment.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003665:Decompression Sickness; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009784:Occupational Diseases; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000453:epidemiology; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D011312:Pressure; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors