Seizures during hyperbaric oxygen therapy: Diabetic foot patient with chronic osteomyelitis

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ALIRAVCI I. D., VURUCU S.

demiroğlu bilim üniversitesi florence nightingale tıp dergisi, vol.8, no.2, pp.74-76, 2022 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)

• Publication Type: Article / Case Report
• Volume: 8 Issue: 2
• Publication Date: 2022
• Doi Number: 10.5606/fng.btd.2022.111
• Journal Name: demiroğlu bilim üniversitesi florence nightingale tıp dergisi
• Page Numbers: pp.74-76
• Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) therapy is regarded as a safe treatment, particularly in outpatients with anaerobic infections, vasculitis, and gangrenous lesions, such as the diabetic foot. However, there is clinical evidence in the literature that seizures occur during HBO2 treatment due to oxygen toxicity in the central nervous system. This unique reaction may occur in individuals with no history of epilepsy or brain injury. In this case report, we aimed to present a 47-year-old male diabetic foot patient with chronic osteomyelitis who was cured by hyperbaric oxygen therapy but had a generalized tonic-clonic seizure in the seventh session and had no history of epilepsy or brain damage. Keywords: Ciprofloxacin, diabetic foot infection, hyperbaric oxygen administration, seizures.