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<p> The aim of the presented study was to determine whether pulmonary barotrauma without pneumothorax affects the parameters of acid-base balance. The experiment was conducted on rabbits divided into experimental and control groups. The animals from the experimental group were subjected to compression in the hyperbaric chamber and pulmonary barotrauma was induced using a method developed by authors. The arterial blood was sampled before the experiment, after anaesthesia and intubation, after injury, and after treatment (in the group undergoing hyperbaric therapy). All parameters of acid-base balance were found to be within the reference ranges. Since the biggest changes were observed after anaesthesia and intubation and not after the injury, it was concluded that pulmonary barotrauma had no significant effect on the parameters of acid-base balance.</p>
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The aim of the presented study was to determine whether pulmonary barotrauma without pneumothorax affects the parameters of acid-base balance. The experiment was conducted on rabbits divided into experimental and control groups. The animals from the experimental group were subjected to compression in the hyperbaric chamber and pulmonary barotrauma was induced using a method developed by authors. The arterial blood was sampled before the experiment, after anaesthesia and intubation, after injury, and after treatment (in the group undergoing hyperbaric therapy). All parameters of acid-base balance were found to be within the reference ranges. Since the biggest changes were observed after anaesthesia and intubation and not after the injury, it was concluded that pulmonary barotrauma had no significant effect on the parameters of acid-base balance.

Determination of Acid-Base Balance During the Acute Stage of Experimental Pulmonary Barotrauma and After its Hyperbaric Treatment

Department of Maritime and Hyperbaric Medicine

Department of Epidemiology and Tropical Medicine Military Institute of Medicine

Department of Histology and Embryology with Laboratory of Experimental Cytology

Department of Animal Anatomy and Histology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Journal of Veterinary Research

The aim of the presented study was to determine whether pulmonary barotrauma without pneumothorax affects the parameters of acid-base balance. The experiment...

Determination of Acid-Base Balance During the Acute Stage of Experimental Pulmonary Barotrauma and After its Hyperbaric Treatment

Published Online: Jan 17, 2013

Page range: 183 - 188

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10213-012-0033-1

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