Burns

Gas gangrene as a complication of burns.

Abstract: Gas gangrene infection in burnt patients is a rare but often fatal complication. It may however, be successfully treated by the use of hyperbaric oxygen and later judicious amputation of dead tissues. Five cases of bacteriologically proven gas gangrene,...

Hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of burns.

Abstract: Since 1972, over 800 burn victims have been treated with hyperbaric oxygen at the Burn Center of Sherman Oaks Community Hospital in Los Angeles. HBO is used only as an adjuvant to standard resuscitation and is not intended to replace current accepted...

Hyperbaric oxygen in burn management: a controlled study.

Abstract: Using the methods and protocol outlined, we have found that hyperbaric oxygen functions as a mild antiseptic agent and provides no advantage in the treatment of full-thickness and partial-thickness burns, alone or in combination with topical treatment with...

Oxygen and wound healing.

Abstract: Ninikoski, , , , , , , , (1977). Oxygen and wound healing. Clinics in plastic surgery, 1977 Jul;4(3):361-74. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/328212

Effect of hyperbaric oxygen on second-degree burn wound healing.

Abstract: We present a controlled study that indicates faster epithelialization of blister-removed second-degree burn wounds in guinea pigs treated with hyperbaric oxygen (HBO). Assessment of vascularity by india ink perfusion indicated earlier return of capillary...

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