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<span style="line-height:normal">'''<span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"=""><span style="color:black">Some weak evidence that vitamin C and E ingestion before hyperbaric oxygen may reduce the drop in erythropoietin&nbsp;plasma concentrations in divers.</span></span></span>'''</span>
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<span style="line-height:normal">'''<span style="font-size:18.0pt"><span style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">Some weak evidence that vitamin C and E ingestion before hyperbaric oxygen may reduce the drop in erythropoietin&nbsp;plasma concentrations in divers.</span></span></span>'''</span>
  
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<span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"="">1. No important difference between groups demonstrated, but there was a greater in-group fall in EPO in the placebo divers.</span></span></span>
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<span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="font-family:">1. No important difference between groups demonstrated, but there was a greater in-group fall in EPO in the placebo divers.</span></span></span>
  
 
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<span style="line-height:normal">'''<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"=""><span style="color:black">Citation/s:</span></span></span>'''<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"=""><span style="color:black">1. Mutzbauer TS, Schneider M, Neubauer B, Weiss M, Tetzlaff K. Antioxidants may Attenuate Plasma Erythropoietin Decline after Hyperbaric Oxygen Diving. International journal of sports medicine. 2015 Nov;36(13):1035-40.<br/> '''Lead author's name and fax: '''Till Mutzbauer mutzbauer@gmail.com</span></span></span></span>
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<span style="line-height:normal">'''<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">Citation/s:</span></span></span>'''<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">1. Mutzbauer TS, Schneider M, Neubauer B, Weiss M, Tetzlaff K. Antioxidants may Attenuate Plasma Erythropoietin Decline after Hyperbaric Oxygen Diving. International journal of sports medicine. 2015 Nov;36(13):1035-40.<br/> '''Lead author's name and fax: '''Till Mutzbauer mutzbauer@gmail.com</span></span></span></span>
  
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<span style="line-height:normal">'''<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"=""><span style="color:black">Three-part Clinical Question:</span></span></span>'''<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"=""><span style="color:black">For those exposed to hyperbaric oxygen during in-water diving, does the administration of antioxidants during exposure result in maintenance of plasma erythropoietin?<br/> '''Search Terms:''' Erythropoietin; antioxidants; adverse effects</span></span></span></span>
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<span style="line-height:normal">'''<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">Three-part Clinical Question:</span></span></span>'''<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">For those exposed to hyperbaric oxygen during in-water diving, does the administration of antioxidants during exposure result in maintenance of plasma erythropoietin?<br/> '''Search Terms:''' Erythropoietin; antioxidants; adverse effects</span></span></span></span>
  
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<span style="line-height:normal">'''<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"=""><span style="color:black">The Study:</span></span></span>'''<br/> <span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"=""><span style="color:black">Double-blinded concealed randomised controlled trial with intention-to-treat.<br/> '''The Study Patients:''' Healthy volunteer divers.<br/> '''Control group''' (N = 8 ; 8 analysed): Placebo medication three hours prior to three dives to 4 msw (1.4 ATA) breathing 100% oxygen on successive days.<br/> '''Experimental group''' (N = 8 ; 8 analysed): As above but active antioxidants: 1g of ascorbic acid combined with 600 IU d- a -tocopherol three hours before each exposure.</span></span></span></span>
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<span style="line-height:normal">'''<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">The Study:</span></span></span>'''<br/> <span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">Double-blinded concealed randomised controlled trial with intention-to-treat.<br/> '''The Study Patients:''' Healthy volunteer divers.<br/> '''Control group''' (N = 8&nbsp;; 8 analysed): Placebo medication three hours prior to three dives to 4 msw (1.4 ATA) breathing 100% oxygen on successive days.<br/> '''Experimental group''' (N = 8&nbsp;; 8 analysed): As above but active antioxidants: 1g of ascorbic acid combined with 600 IU d- a -tocopherol three hours before each exposure.</span></span></span></span>
  
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<span style="line-height:normal">'''<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"=""><span style="color:black">Comments:</span></span></span>'''<br/> <span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"=""><span style="color:black">1. Small study underpowered to detect a potentially important difference between groups. Main results in the paper compared within group differences. No sample size calculation reported.<br/> 2. Results suggest a trend decline in EPO plasma levels over a period of 3 days HBO exposure but no statistically important differences between groups. Reduced EPO may mean a reduction in endogenous antioxidant mechanisms.</span></span></span></span>
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<span style="line-height:normal">'''<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"=""><span style="color:black">Appraised by:</span></span></span>'''<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:" times="" new="" roman",serif"=""><span style="color:black">Mike Bennett m.bennett@unsw.edu.au; Saturday, 18 September 2021<br/> '''Kill or Update By:''' September 2026</span></span></span></span>
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<span style="line-height:normal">'''<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">Appraised by:</span></span></span>'''<span style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"><span style="color:black">Mike Bennett m.bennett@unsw.edu.au; Saturday, 18 September 2021<br/> '''Kill or Update By:''' September 2026</span></span></span></span>
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Latest revision as of 21:28, 17 September 2021

Some weak evidence that vitamin C and E ingestion before hyperbaric oxygen may reduce the drop in erythropoietin plasma concentrations in divers.

Clinical Bottom Line:

1. No important difference between groups demonstrated, but there was a greater in-group fall in EPO in the placebo divers.

Citation/s:1. Mutzbauer TS, Schneider M, Neubauer B, Weiss M, Tetzlaff K. Antioxidants may Attenuate Plasma Erythropoietin Decline after Hyperbaric Oxygen Diving. International journal of sports medicine. 2015 Nov;36(13):1035-40.
Lead author's name and fax: Till Mutzbauer mutzbauer@gmail.com

Three-part Clinical Question:For those exposed to hyperbaric oxygen during in-water diving, does the administration of antioxidants during exposure result in maintenance of plasma erythropoietin?
Search Terms: Erythropoietin; antioxidants; adverse effects

The Study:
Double-blinded concealed randomised controlled trial with intention-to-treat.
The Study Patients: Healthy volunteer divers.
Control group (N = 8 ; 8 analysed): Placebo medication three hours prior to three dives to 4 msw (1.4 ATA) breathing 100% oxygen on successive days.
Experimental group (N = 8 ; 8 analysed): As above but active antioxidants: 1g of ascorbic acid combined with 600 IU d- a -tocopherol three hours before each exposure.

The Evidence:

 

Measure

Placebo Group

HBO Group

Difference

95% CI

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Plasma erythropoietin after third dive (mIU/ml)

5.1

1.4

5.5

1.4

-0.40

-2.5 to 1.7

Plasma EPO as proportion of starting value day 1 (%)

72.3

28.1

81.5

28.1

-9.2

-856 to 837

Comments:
1. Small study underpowered to detect a potentially important difference between groups. Main results in the paper compared within group differences. No sample size calculation reported.
2. Results suggest a trend decline in EPO plasma levels over a period of 3 days HBO exposure but no statistically important differences between groups. Reduced EPO may mean a reduction in endogenous antioxidant mechanisms.

Appraised by:Mike Bennett m.bennett@unsw.edu.au; Saturday, 18 September 2021
Kill or Update By: September 2026

 

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