PMID- 18571913
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20090317
LR  - 20171116
IS  - 0954-6111 (Print)
IS  - 0954-6111 (Linking)
VI  - 102
IP  - 8
DP  - 2008 Aug
TI  - Are pulmonary bleb and bullae a contraindication for hyperbaric oxygen treatment?
PG  - 1145-7
LID - 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.03.012 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Air cysts or blebs in the lungs may predispose pulmonary barotrauma 
      (PBT) by causing air trapping when there is a change in environmental pressure. 
      The changes in the environmental pressure are also seen during hyperbaric oxygen 
      treatments (HBOT). AIM: The aim of this study was to determine how patients were 
      evaluated for pulmonary blebs or bullae, and PBT prevalence in different HBOT 
      centers. METHODS: HBOT centers were asked to participate in this study and a 
      questionnaire was send via e-mail. A total of 98 centers responded to our 
      questionnaire. RESULTS: Sixty-five HBOT centers (66.3%) reported that they 
      applied HBOT to the patients with air cysts in their lungs. X-ray was the most 
      widely used screening method for patients with a history of a lung disease. The 
      prevalence of PBT in theses centers was calculated as 0.00045%. CONCLUSIONS: Our 
      survey demonstrated that (1) a significant portion of the HBO centers accept 
      patients with pulmonary bleb or bullae, (2) although insufficient, X-ray is the 
      mostly used screening tool for patients with a history of pulmonary disease and 
      (3) the prevalence of pulmonary barotrauma is very low in HBOT.
FAU - Toklu, Akin Savas
AU  - Toklu AS
AD  - Department of Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul 
      Faculty of Medicine, 34093 Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey. akin@toklu.net
FAU - Korpinar, Sefika
AU  - Korpinar S
FAU - Erelel, Mustafa
AU  - Erelel M
FAU - Uzun, Gunalp
AU  - Uzun G
FAU - Yildiz, Senol
AU  - Yildiz S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Multicenter Study
DEP - 20080620
PL  - England
TA  - Respir Med
JT  - Respiratory medicine
JID - 8908438
SB  - IM
MH  - Barotrauma/epidemiology/etiology
MH  - Blister/complications/diagnosis
MH  - Contraindications
MH  - Cysts/complications/diagnosis
MH  - Health Care Surveys
MH  - Humans
MH  - *Hyperbaric Oxygenation/methods
MH  - Lung Diseases/*complications/diagnosis
MH  - Lung Injury/epidemiology/etiology
MH  - Professional Practice/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Turkey/epidemiology
EDAT- 2008/06/24 09:00
MHDA- 2009/03/18 09:00
CRDT- 2008/06/24 09:00
PHST- 2008/02/04 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2008/03/04 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2008/03/10 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2008/06/24 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/03/18 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/06/24 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0954-6111(08)00122-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.03.012 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Respir Med. 2008 Aug;102(8):1145-7. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2008.03.012. Epub 2008 
      Jun 20.