Oxygen and Brain Damage The most fundamental parameter in determining recovery from any brain injury - whether sustained at birth or at the other end of life is the level of oxygen available. All tissue injury (including surgery) not only causes damage to the tissue itself, it also damages the blood supply and therefore may compromise oxygen delivery. In this condition the universal prescription is to increase the oxygen supply to the tissues and the rate limiting factor is the plasma tension. To suggest that to ensure adequate oxygenation should not be a universal prescription for hypoxia is the same as the suggestion that the administration of water should not be universal in the multifactorial causation of dehydration. Philip James MD Printed with Permission WWW.HBOT4U.COM
Posted on: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 22:13:19 +0000
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