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Comment
. 2006 Dec;38(4):367-9.

Gaseous microemboli and hyperoxia

Gary Grist
Comment

Gaseous microemboli and hyperoxia

Gary Grist. J Extra Corpor Technol. 2006 Dec.
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Decompression Table 5 shows how the “oxygen clock” is used to intermittently reduce oxygen stress on antioxidant enzymes during periods of high oxygen exposure under pressure. Without the use of hyperoxia to off-gas nitrogen, decompression treatments for the bends would take 10 times longer.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
If hyperoxia is defined as an excess of oxygen reaching the tissues, scenario 1 would fit the definition closer than scenario 2. However, because the hemoglobin is abnormally low in both scenarios, neither scenario comes close to creating hyperoxia within the tissues.
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