The Irradiation of Conscious Patients under High Pressure Oxygen
| Autor: | E. W. Emery, B. G. B. Lucas, W. M. Hopkinson, K. G. Williams |
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| Rok vydání: | 1964 |
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Hyperbaric Oxygenation
medicine.medical_specialty Materials science Radiotherapy Atmospheric pressure business.industry Hyperbaric oxygenation Bronchial Neoplasms General Medicine Working pressure Surgery Oxygen Atmospheric Pressure Urinary Bladder Neoplasms High pressure oxygen Colonic Neoplasms medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Irradiation Nuclear medicine business Oxygen pressure Pelvic Neoplasms |
| Zdroj: | The British Journal of Radiology. 37:475-477 |
| ISSN: | 1748-880X 0007-1285 |
| DOI: | 10.1259/0007-1285-37-438-475 |
| Popis: | In a previous report (Emery, Lucas and Williams, 1960) a transparent chamber used for irradiating conscious patients under increased oxygen pressure was described. Patients withstood the treatment well with no side effects, there being no barotrauma. However, the maximum working pressure of the chamber was only two atmospheres absolute. This was below the value which had been used previously in irradiation of the anaesthetised patient under high pressure oxygen (Gray, Conger, Ebert, Hornsey and Scott, 1953; Churchill-Davidson, Sanger and Thomlinson, 1955; Gray, 1957; Gerschman and Fenn, 1954). It was, therefore, decided to use the experience gained from the clinical use of this original equipment, to develop a chamber which could be operated at up to 60 lb/sq.in.—i.e. four atmospheres absolute. The problems posed by this new requirement were again those of mobility, comfort of the patient and ventilation. The chamber designed to the new specification is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In basic configuration it is... |
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