Cigarette smoking and transcutaneous oxygen tensions: a case report
Strauss, M.B.; Winant, D.M.; Strauss, A.G.; Hart, G.B.
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Inc 27(1): 43-46
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 1066-2936 PMID: 10813439 Document Number: 512966
We report the effects of acute smoking cessation on transcutaneous oxygen (PtcO2) measurements in room air and with hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) of an extremity at risk for amputation. The reports on cigarette smoking and PtcO2 do not discuss acute smoking cessation. PtcO2 measured 46 h after smoking cessation increased 10% while breathing room air and 34% with HBO2, as compared to measurements made before smoking cessation.