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- Title
Hyperbaric oxygen-associated seizure leading to stroke.
- Authors
Warchol, Jordan M.; Cooper, Jeffrey S.; Diesing, Thomas S.
- Abstract
Oxygen toxicity seizures are a well-known complication of hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT). Until now, there have not been any reported cases of an acute ischaemic event (stroke) as the result of a HBOT-associated oxygen toxicity seizure. We report an event in which a seizure and stroke occurred together and consider that the stroke may have been caused by seizure-induced demand ischaemia. This challenges the generally held view that oxygen toxicity seizures in the clinical hyperbaric setting are benign. A discussion of the literature on the subject of seizure-induced brain injury is included. Risk factors for cerebrovascular disease should be taken into consideration in determining treatment pressures for HBOT, as reducing pressure reduces seizure risk.
- Subjects
HYPERBARIC oxygenation; OXYGEN toxicity; CEREBROVASCULAR disease; OBSTRUCTIVE lung diseases; BLOOD sugar analysis; COMPUTED tomography
- Publication
Diving & Hyperbaric Medicine: Journal of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society, 2017, Vol 47, Issue 4, p260
- ISSN
1833-3516
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.28920/dhm47.4.260-262