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Oxygen toxicity

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I've listed this article for peer review because I believe it may be close to becoming a featured article. This is my first request, but I think that the article may benefit from suggestions on writing style and comments on layout. Obviously contributions addressing any inaccuracies and omissions would be welcome.

Thanks, RexxS (talk) 12:53, 24 April 2009 (UTC)

Ruhrfisch comments: This looks pretty good to me as a potential FA, here are some suggestions for improvement.

1. Is there a better image for the lead? I could swear I saw a photo years ago of someone holding a small dog that had O2 toxicity - the dog was rigid and they were holding it by a leg or foot and it was like a stiff board. I have tried looking for it online with no success.
2. I would split up this sentence: It is also known as oxygen toxicity syndrome, oxygen intoxication, hyperoxia, or the Paul Bert effect and Lorrain Smith effect, after the researchers who pioneered its discovery and description in the late 19th century. I would make the Bert / Smith part its own sentence - reads oddly as it now stands. I would also say that the Bert effect is for CNS toxicity and Smith is for pulmonary toxicity.
3. I would combine the first two sentences in Classification to one paragraph: The effects of oxygen toxicity are commonly classified by the organs affected. There are three principal types of oxygen toxicity:[1][2][3] In general try to avoid short (one or two sentence) paragraphs, either by combining them or perhaps expanding them.
4. I think it makes sense to have the History section much earlier in the article than it currently is - perhaps after Signs and symptoms?
5. It was years ago, but I read Dr. Ox's Experiment by Jules Verne and I think it had oxygen intoxication in it. Might be worth looking it up and a mention in Society and culture section if it is about this
6. Perhaps add a word here Treatment of seizures during oxygen therapy consists of removing the patient from [external? supplemental?] oxygen, thereby dropping the partial pressure of oxygen delivered.[16]

Hope this helps. If my comments are useful, please consider peer reviewing an article, especially one at Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog (which is how I found this article). Yours, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 02:35, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

I've tried to address points 2, 3, 5 as suggested and I've added extra context to clarify point 6 (please pardon my numbering of your comments). Point 1, the lead image, has been a "running sore" throughout, particularly in the GA Review. I wish I could find a image illustrative of the condition, but the circumstances, rarity and unpredictability of oxygen toxicity seem to make it unlikely. I'd love to find that image of the dog in tonic seizure, but as you say, google has shown nothing so far. Point 4, the placement of the "History" section was dictated by WP:MOSMED, but I'll ask a question there to see if its position can be changed. My sincere thanks for taking the time to do this peer review; it is much appreciated. --RexxS (talk) 20:15, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Looks good. Some suggestions by mav (talk)

Signs and symptoms

• Some long sentences in this rather info dense section may be improved by breaking them into more digestible pieces. A couple examples:
  • Suggest breaking up (perhaps a full stop after 'contraction') to improve readability and flow: "This may be followed by a tonic-clonic seizure where intense muscle contraction occurs for several seconds followed by rapid spasms of alternate muscle relaxation and contraction producing convulsive jerking, which is followed by a period of unconsciousness (the postictal state)."
  • This sentence also may be a bit long, or at least needs to be segmented by a comma or two: "The onset depends upon partial pressure of oxygen (ppO2) in the breathing gas and exposure duration but experiments have shown that there is a wide variation in exposure time before onset amongst individuals and in the same individual from day to day."
• Explain jargon inline (putting the jargon in parenthesis at the end of the sentence or phrase works well in other parts of the article): vital capacity, retinopathy of prematurity (I know this is explained later, but it is first mentioned here)

History

• Needs an inline cite: "Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) was not observed prior to World War II, but with the availability of supplemental oxygen in the decade following, it rapidly became one of the principal causes of infant blindness in developed countries."

Prevention

• Reconsider if use of "scare quotes" is appropriate. Single or no quotes might be better.

Thanks for your most helpful suggestions. I've re-written the two long sentences to try to break them up into chunks. I think they were the worst in the "Signs and symptoms" section, but I'll certainly review throughout for others. Any suggestions welcome!

I've re-written to try to explain vital capacity and ROP as succinctly as I think I could; if you think they still needs improvement, I'm happy to work more on them.

The scare quotes have been eliminated. I think it reads much better without any of them.

I have a problem with how to deal with the requested History cite. The whole of that paragraph on ROP is sourced from Clare Gilbert's article[1], which is cited (currently number 46) at the end of the paragraph. Should I repeat the same cite after the first sentence? Or do I have to find another source that says the same thing? Any help you can offer to solve this would be welcome. --RexxS (talk) 01:51, 12 May 2009 (UTC)