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Toxic Effects of Oxygen

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Although oxygen has been present in the atmosphere for 5 billion years, it is believed that its concentration was infinitesimal until 2.5 billion years ago, when the first photosynthetic organisms appeared [1, 2]. The gradual increment of oxygen atmospheric concentration allowed further evolution for the animal species depending on an aerobic metabolism by enhancing the survival of those forms that had better protection against the increasing oxidative stress of the changing atmosphere [2].

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  1. Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Hyperbaric Therapy, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Sergio Pansini 5, 80131, Naples, Italy

    G. De Martino, M. Luchetti & R. C. De Rosa

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  3. Anaesthesia, Intensive and Hyperbaric Care Department, Galeazzi Orthopaedic Institute, Via Riccardo Galeazzi 4, 20161, Milan, Italy

    G. Oriani

  4. Anaesthesia and Reanimation Service, Pol. San Marco, C. so Europa 7, Verbello, 24040, Zingonia (BG), Italy

    C. Longoni

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De Martino, G., Luchetti, M., De Rosa, R.C., Marroni, A., Oriani, G., Longoni, C. (1996). Toxic Effects of Oxygen. In: Oriani, G., Marroni, A., Wattel, F. (eds) Handbook on Hyperbaric Medicine. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2198-3_3

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