hyperbaric oxygen

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• hyperbaric oxygen — Oxygen that is at an atmospheric pressure higher than the pressure at sea level. Breathing hyperbaric oxygen to enhance the effectiveness of radiation therapy is being studied …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• hyperbaric oxygen — oxygen under greater than atmospheric pressure. Called also high pressure o …   Medical dictionary

• hyperbaric oxygen chamber — noun a pressurized vessel used to administer oxygen at elevated pressure …   Wiktionary

• Hyperbaric medicine — Hyperbaric medicine, also known as hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is the medical use of oxygen at a higher than atmospheric pressure. Uses Several therapeutic principles are made use of in HBOT: *The increased overall pressure is of therapeutic …   Wikipedia

• Oxygen toxicity — Classification and external resources In 1942–43 the UK Government carried out extensive testing for oxygen toxicity in divers. The chamber is pressurised with air to 3.7  …   Wikipedia

• Oxygen therapy — Intervention ICD 9 CM 93.96 MeSH …   Wikipedia

• Oxygen tank — An oxygen tank is a storage vessel for oxygen, which is either held under pressure in gas cylinders or as liquid oxygen in a cryogenic storage tank. Oxygen tanks are used to store gas for: industrial processes including the manufacture of steel… …   Wikipedia

• Oxygen Equivalent — compares the relative amount of oxygen available for respiration at a variable pressure to that available at SATP. As external respiration depends on the exchange of gases due to partial pressures across a semipermeable membrane and normally… …   Wikipedia

• Oxygen — This article is about the chemical element and its most stable form, O2 or dioxygen. For other forms of this element, see Allotropes of oxygen. For other uses, see Oxygen (disambiguation). nitrogen ← oxygen → fluorine ↑ O ↓ …   Wikipedia

• Oxygen mask — A plastic oxygen mask on an ER patient. An oxygen mask provides a method to transfer breathing oxygen gas from a storage tank to the lungs. Oxygen masks may cover the nose and mouth (oral nasal mask) or the entire face (full face mask). They may… …   Wikipedia

• Hyperbaric — Pertaining to gas pressures greater than 1 atmosphere* of pressure. Also pertaining to solutions that are more dense than the medium to which they are added. The term hyperbaric is derived from Greek roots: hyper meaning high, beyond, excessive,… …   Medical dictionary