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Hyperbaric oxygen as a treatment for COVID-19 infection?

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2020-01
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Moon, Richard E
Weaver, Lindell K
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Recently the internet has been abuzz with new ideas to treat COVID-19, including hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) therapy, undoubtedly driven by the fact that until recently there have been few therapeutic options for this highly contagious and often lethal infection. . . . Refractory hypoxemia is certainly treatable with hyperbaric oxygen due to the obvious effect of increasing inspired oxygen partial pressure (PO2), the major reason for using HBO2 for its established indications. However, the length of time during which patients can safely be administered HBO2 inside a chamber is limited, due to practical issues of confinement and isolation from other necessary medical interventions, but also because of oxygen toxicity.
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Journal article
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Humans
Pneumonia, Viral
Coronavirus Infections
Oxygen
Pulmonary Gas Exchange
Hyperbaric Oxygenation
Middle Aged
Male
Pandemics
Hypoxia
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
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Richard Edward Moon

Professor of Anesthesiology
Research interests include the study of cardiorespiratory function in humans exposed to environmental conditions ranging from 200 feet of seawater depth to high altitude, gas exchange during diving, the pathophysiology of high altitude pulmonary edema, the effect of anesthesia and postoperative analgesia on pulmonary function and monitoring of tissue oxygenation. Ongoing human studies include mechanisms of immersion pulmonary edema and the effect of chemosensitivity on postoperative ventilation
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