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Successful treatment of central retinal artery occlusion using hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is considered an ophthalmologic emergency. The prognosis of this disease is very poor. Currently, there is no generally effective therapy available to treat CRAO. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) can increase the volume of oxygen delivered to the ischemic reti...

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Autores principales: Kim, Soo Han, Cha, Yong Sung, Lee, Yoonsuk, Kim, Hyun, Yoon, Ie Na
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6301864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30571907
http://dx.doi.org/10.15441/ceem.17.271
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Cha, Yong Sung
Lee, Yoonsuk
Kim, Hyun
Yoon, Ie Na
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description Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is considered an ophthalmologic emergency. The prognosis of this disease is very poor. Currently, there is no generally effective therapy available to treat CRAO. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) can increase the volume of oxygen delivered to the ischemic retinal tissue until spontaneous or assisted reperfusion occurs. We report the case of a patient who experienced sudden visual loss due to CRAO that was treated with HBOT. The patient was an 81-year-old woman who presented with CRAO in her right eye (OD). She exhibited “hand motion” visual acuity before treatment. She underwent three sessions of HBOT at a pressure of 2.8 atmospheres absolute, performed over 3 days. After 4 days in hospital, her visual acuity improved to 0.4 (OD) for far vision and 0.5 (OD) for near vision. Her vision was stable without the supply of oxygen; therefore, she was discharged.
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spelling pubmed-63018642018-12-31 Successful treatment of central retinal artery occlusion using hyperbaric oxygen therapy Kim, Soo Han Cha, Yong Sung Lee, Yoonsuk Kim, Hyun Yoon, Ie Na Clin Exp Emerg Med Case Report Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO) is considered an ophthalmologic emergency. The prognosis of this disease is very poor. Currently, there is no generally effective therapy available to treat CRAO. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) can increase the volume of oxygen delivered to the ischemic retinal tissue until spontaneous or assisted reperfusion occurs. We report the case of a patient who experienced sudden visual loss due to CRAO that was treated with HBOT. The patient was an 81-year-old woman who presented with CRAO in her right eye (OD). She exhibited “hand motion” visual acuity before treatment. She underwent three sessions of HBOT at a pressure of 2.8 atmospheres absolute, performed over 3 days. After 4 days in hospital, her visual acuity improved to 0.4 (OD) for far vision and 0.5 (OD) for near vision. Her vision was stable without the supply of oxygen; therefore, she was discharged. The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine 2018-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC6301864/ /pubmed/30571907 http://dx.doi.org/10.15441/ceem.17.271 Text en Copyright © 2018 The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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title_full Successful treatment of central retinal artery occlusion using hyperbaric oxygen therapy
title_fullStr Successful treatment of central retinal artery occlusion using hyperbaric oxygen therapy
title_full_unstemmed Successful treatment of central retinal artery occlusion using hyperbaric oxygen therapy
title_short Successful treatment of central retinal artery occlusion using hyperbaric oxygen therapy
title_sort successful treatment of central retinal artery occlusion using hyperbaric oxygen therapy
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6301864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30571907
http://dx.doi.org/10.15441/ceem.17.271
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