There is no ventilator suitable for these patients and they should be bagged when necessary by the inside attendant. If during HBOT the patient has a value below the baseline, there is a problem with the ventilation of the patient. In neonates the CNS oxygen toxicity is rare, but pulmonary oxygen toxicity is not. Evaluation of the eye in neonates is important. Always get a baseline and we have continued follow up every month until 18 months of age.
Neonates require special handling in a hyperbaric chamber, particularly in a monoplace unit.
They are also specially prone to oxygen toxicity, particularly of the lungs. A Committee Report. Inc. Bethesda, Maryland, 1992. The child hyperbaric patient. Monies-Chass I, Herer D, Alon U, Birkhann J.Hyperbaric oxygen in acute ischaemia due to allergic vasculitis.