The therapeutic intermittent administration of oxygen in a chamber at greater than sea-level atmospheric pressures (three atmospheres). It is considered effective treatment for air and gas embolisms, smoke inhalation, acute carbon monoxide poisoning, caisson disease, clostridial gangrene, etc. (From Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992). The list of treatment modalities includes stroke.

Annotation

coord IM with disease /ther (IM), not /drug ther

DUI

D006931 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0010810

History note

65(64)

Public note

65