Protective effect of hydrogen-rich saline on decompression sickness in rats

• Published in: Aviation, space, and environmental medicine Vol. 82; no. 6; p. 604
• Main Authors: Ni, Xiao-Xiao, Cai, Zhi-Yu, Fan, Dan-Feng, Liu, Yun, Zhang, Rong-Jia, Liu, Shu-Lin, Kang, Zhi-Min, Liu, Kan, Li, Run-Ping, Sun, Xue-Jun, Xu, Wei-Gang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2011
• Subjects: Analysis of Variance; Animals; Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid - chemistry; Cerebral Cortex - metabolism; Chi-Square Distribution; Decompression Sickness - prevention & control; Deoxyguanosine - analogs & derivatives; Deoxyguanosine - metabolism; Hydrogen - administration & dosage; Hydrogen - pharmacology; Injections, Intraperitoneal; Lung - metabolism; Male; Malondialdehyde - metabolism; Oxidative Stress; Peroxidase - metabolism; Random Allocation; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Sodium Chloride - administration & dosage; Sodium Chloride - pharmacology; Spinal Cord - metabolism

Hydrogen (H2) has been reported to be effective in the treatment of oxidative injury, which plays an important role in the process of decompression sickness (DCS). This study was designed to test whether H2-rich saline (saline saturated with molecular hydrogen) protected rats against DCS. Models of...