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cord-353237-rob4ems7	De Maio, Antonio	COVID-19, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT): what is the link?	2020-05-18		.txt	text/plain	2861	148	43	title: COVID-19, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT): what is the link? The virus has been detected in the lungs and immune cells of patients who have succumbed to the infection, consistent with direct injury to the pulmonary tissue and activation of the immune response. Experimental animal studies about the response to sepsis have suggested that early interventions are critical to ameliorate the condition, such as source control of the infection or injury (Cauvi et al. In this regard, hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) that consists of exposure to 100% oxygen under increased atmospheric pressure up to 2.4 atm could be a great resource to improve the outcome from the infection when it is administered at early stages as soon as a reduction of arterial oxygen concentration is detected. Indeed, experimental animal studies have shown that an initial HBOT improved dramatically the outcome from sepsis, which was correlated with a reduction of the inflammatory response triggered by the initial insult (Halbach et al.	./cache/cord-353237-rob4ems7.txt	./txt/cord-353237-rob4ems7.txt