Experimental use of a transportable hyperbaric chamber durable for 15 psi at 3700 meters above sea level.
A transportable hyperbaric chamber durable for 15 psi of pressure was used to treat a patient suffering from moderate acute mountain sickness at 3700 m above sea level. The symptoms were ameliorated a few minutes after pressurization in the chamber. After a 20-minute stay in the chamber, the patient was completely free of symptoms. Since the chamber can be inflated by using compressed air from a cylinder, no strenuous work was required of the operators. This transportable chamber seems to be useful for the treatment of high-altitude disorders at around 3000 m above sea level.
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Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimatology, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan. shigerus@news.sb.gunma-u.ac.jp
Aso
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Kanai
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Takazawa
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Shiga
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Shimada
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000531:Altitude; D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000628:therapy*; D001274:Atmospheric Pressure; D019550:Environmental Medicine; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D014187:Transportation of Patients