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6735705

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-8-20
pubmed:abstractText
Four gas gangrene casualties from the Lebanon War, 1982, were treated with hyperbaric oxygen (HBO). Myonecrosis was diagnosed in three and intraabdominal spread of clostridial infection in one. In all four cases, HBO treatment, in combination with meticulous but conservative surgical debridements and proper antibiotic coverage, was begun within 24 h of diagnosis. HBO therapy was terminated when bacteriostasis was attained, as evidenced by no further spread of myonecrosis and the alleviation of systemic toxic symptoms. All four patients recovered from the clostridial infection, but one died later from other causes. HBO therapy enhances the survival rate of patients with gas gangrene, lowers the anesthetic risk, allows for maximal tissue preservation and helps avoid radical mutilating surgery.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0021-2180
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
323-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for gas gangrene casualties in the Lebanon War, 1982.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article