An unexpected death during oxygen-ozone therapy
Marchetti D, La Monaca G. American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, 2000.
- Study type
- Case report
- People studied
- 1 person
- Population
- Patient given oxygen-ozone therapy by autohemotransfusion for psoriasis; the abstract gives no age or sex
- Published
- 2000, American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
- Identifiers
- PMID 10871129, DOI 10.1097/00000433-200006000-00010
What the authors reported
The authors describe an unexpected death caused by gas embolism that occurred during oxygen-ozone therapy administered by autohemotransfusion for psoriasis, and state that this complication suggests the need to investigate the benefits and adverse effects of medical ozone application.
What limits this result
Single case report, read from a two-sentence abstract only: the abstract gives no patient details, ozone dose, blood volume, or account of how the gas embolism was identified. It shows the event occurred, not how often it occurs.
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How the study was done
- Design
- Case report (PubMed publication type)
- Setting
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, S. Cuore University, Rome, Italy (author affiliation)
- Read from
- Read from the abstract only; where this page says nothing about an item, the abstract does not report it. Read on October 2, 2026.
Source: Abstract on PubMed
Study arms
| Group | Participants | What they received |
|---|---|---|
| Single patient | Not reported | Oxygen-ozone (O2/O3) therapy administered by autohemotransfusion for psoriasis |
Source: Abstract on PubMed
What it measured
- Outcome for the patient
- Unexpected death caused by gas embolism that occurred during the therapy
An unexpected death is described that was caused by gas embolism that occurred during oxygen-ozone (O2/O3) therapy administered by autohemotransfusion for psoriasis.
- Authors' conclusion
- This unusual complication suggests the necessity of investigating benefits and adverse effects of medical ozone application
Source: Abstract on PubMed
Safety as reported
Death caused by gas embolism during oxygen-ozone therapy administered by autohemotransfusion
Source: Abstract on PubMed
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