role of hyperbaric oxygen in ventricular fibrillation in dogs

ABSTRACT

The protective effects of hyperbaric oxygen has been studied in 75 dogs. For the first time in experimental surgery the study is conducted in wakeful unanaesthesised dogs under control and hyperbaric conditions using our especially devised remote occlusion. Under hyperbaric oxygenation the early [1 hr.] and late [48 hrs] survivals have increased from 60 to 90% and from 30 to 80% respectively. The survival of dogs vulnerable to ventricular fibrillation, as assessed by test remote occlusion, after resuscitation has risen from 0 to 57%