title: [Hyperbaric Oxygenation - utility in intensive therapy - part 1].
abstract: Hyperbaric Oxygenation (HBO) is a medical treatment, in which a patient breathes 100 % oxygen inside a treatment chamber at a pressure higher than at sea level. The indication for HBO has to be considered whenever gas bubbles present in tissue or blood circulation (decompression sickness, gas embolism) or when a high oxygen delivery is of crucial importance (CO-intoxication, selected anaerobic soft tissue infections). HBO must never be considered as a substitute for conventional surgical or intensive care therapy, but as an adjuvant of (potentially) crucial importance.
authors.affiliation: Arzt der Abt. für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin am Bundeswehrkrankenhaus Ulm. LorenzLampl@bundes-wehr.org
authors.forename: Lorenz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lampl
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Frey
authors.forename: Dietmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: Silke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000628:therapy; D000075202:Contraindications; D003422:Critical Care; D003665:Decompression Sickness / Q000628:therapy; D004618:Embolism, Air / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*