[Use of normobaric oxygenation for preventive and therapeutic purposes]

Courses of normobaric oxygenation were performed in 72 healthy males (residents of the city of Arkhangelsk) and in 91 patients suffering from chronic nonspecific pulmonary diseases with respiratory insufficiency of I-II degree. Normobaric oxygenation led to the optimization of the CVS activity of northerners and an increase in their working capacity. The corrective role of oxygenation was more noticeable in persons with signs of dysadaptation. A favorable therapeutic effect of normobaric oxygenation in patients with respiratory insufficiency was not restricted to direct oxygen influence, its after-effects were lasting. Biochemical investigations indicated the absence of a toxic oxygen effect in this regimen of oxygenation.