[Acute respiratory distress syndrome after prolonged hyperbaric oxygen therapy: a case of pulmonary oxygen toxicity?].
A 42-year-old patient was admitted to our ICU for severe decompression illness with tetraplegia. He presented an acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), following a very long hyperbaric oxygen therapy (using a US. Navy Treatment Table 7). The ARDS resulted in pulmonary fibrosis, and the patient died despite maximal support in ICU. The risk of pulmonary toxicity of oxygen must be considered when using a prolonged recompression treatment table.
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Institut de médecine navale du service de santé des Armées, centre hyperbare, hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Sainte-Anne, 83800 Toulon Naval, France.
Cantais
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Palmier
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003665:Decompression Sickness / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000506:poisoning*; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000473:pathology; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000150:complications; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
D010100:Oxygen