BLOOD AGGREGATION AND FREE-RADICAL OXIDAT ION CHANGES IN RESPONSE TO VARIOUS HBO REGIMENS IN PATIENTS WITH INITIAL CIRCULATORY INSUFFICIENCY OF THE BRAIN (ICIB)

Blood rheology, hemocoagulation, free-radical oxidation, acid-alkaline condition of the capillary and venous blood were investigated in 62 I CIB patients before and after treatment which consisted of 8 hyperbari c oxygenation (HBO) sessions or 3 HBO sessions (1.5 atm and 1,2 atm, r espectively), the rest patients were not exposed to HBO. The best ther apeutic results were achieved with a short-term HBO at a small excessi ve pressure. The longer HBO regimen provided no positive tendencies in clinical parameters. On the contrary, it provoked blood rheology dete rioration, activation of free-radical oxidation stemming from diminish ed adaptation to hyperoxia in ICIB.