TY  - JOUR
T1  - EFfect of hyperbaric oxygen on experimental intestinal obstruction
AU  - Hopkinson BR, Schenk WG, Jr.
Y1  - 1969/02/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.1969.01340080120027
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 228
EP  - 232
VL  - 98
IS  - 2
N2  - IN 1908 the mortality for bowel obstruction at the Massachusetts General was 60%. With the introduction of nasogastric decompression tubes and the parenteral administration of fluids, the mortality fell to 20% by 1940.2,3 In 1964 Zollinger4 stated that the mortality for strangulation obstruction had not altered in the last 20 years. In 1965 Leffall et al5 found a 30% mortality for strangulated intestinal obstruction and in 1966 Lo et al6 showed a 24% mortality for all types of small bowel obstruction. Mortality is usually highest in those cases presenting with gangrenous bowel and peritonitis.Intestinal gas is composed of 75% to 80% nitrogen7-9 and cannot be absorbed because the body is already saturated by the same percentage of nitrogen from breathing air. Attempts to wash out this nitrogen by inhalation of 85% to 100% oxygen at atmospheric pressure were not very successful.8-10Cross11,12
SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.1969.01340080120027
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1969.01340080120027
ER  -