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Combined Hyperbaric Oxygen Partial Pressure at 1.4 Bar with Infrared Radiation: A Useful Tool To Improve Tissue Hypoxemia?
Tobias Dünnwald1BCDE*, Julia Held2BF, Petru Balan3AB, Otto Pecher4ADE, Thomas Zeiger3AG, Frank Hartig5DEF, Erich Mur6AD, Günter Weiss2ADG, Wolfgang Schobersberger17ADEGDOI: 10.12659/MSM.906707
Med Sci Monit 2018; 24: SPR4009-4019
Abstract
Tissue hypoxia contributes to the pathogenesis of several acute and chronic diseases. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) and whole-body warming using low-temperature infrared technology (LIT) are techniques that might improve hypoxemia. Combining HBO and LIT as hyperbaric oxygen therapy combined with low-temperature infrared radiation (HBOIR) might be an approach that results in positive synergistic effects on oxygenation. LIT increases blood flow and could reduce HBO-induced vasoconstriction, and hyperoxia could compensate for the increased metabolic oxygen requirements mediated by LIT. Both LIT and HBO increase the oxygen diffusion distance in the tissues. HBOIR at 0.5 bar has been shown to be safe and feasible. However, physiological responses and the safety of HBOIR at an increased oxygen (O2) partial pressure of 1.4 bar or 2.4 atmospheres absolute (ATA) still need to be determined. The hope is that should HBOIR at an increased oxygen partial pressure of 1.4 bar be safe, future studies to examine its efficacy in patients with clinical conditions, which include peripheral arterial disease (PAD) or wound healing disorders, will follow. The results of pilot studies have shown that HBOIR at an overload pressure is safe and well tolerated in healthy participants but can generate moderate cardiovascular changes and an increase in body temperature. From the findings of this pilot study, due to its potential synergistic effects, HBOIR could be a promising tool for the treatment of human diseases associated with hypoxemia.
Keywords: Blood Pressure, Body Temperature Regulation, Heart Rate, Hyperbaric Oxygenation, Infrared Rays
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