[Hyperbaric oxygenation in the treatment of crush syndrome]

Comparison of the results of treatment of 60 patients with the crush syndrome by applying a course of hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) (the main group) with the results of treatment of 50 analogous patients not subjected to HBO (control group) showed the advantages of barotherapy. The latter contributed to reduction of tissue hypoxia, relative normalization of renal function, particularly in patients with acute renal failure, lessening of toxemia, and rapid reparative processes. This was manifested by alleviation of anemia and myoglobinemia, and diminished level of middle-mass molecules in the blood. In the control group the positive dynamics was less marked. The high efficacy of HBO allows the authors to recommend it as a measure in the complex treatment of the crush syndrome.