Abstract: We review the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in urology, and present the mechanisms of hyperoxia action in whole body hyperbaric chamber treatments, patient outcomes and patient selection criteria. The literature on hyperbaric oxygen use in urology was...
Abstract: To evaluate clinical and microbiologic characteristics, modalities of treatment and outcome of patients with cervical necrotizing fasciitis admitted to our institution. Retrospective clinical investigation. We reviewed the charts of 20 consecutive patients...
Abstract: Necrotizing soft-tissue infections are rapidly spreading bacterial infections that account for a relatively small proportion of infections, but are aggressive in nature and nearly uniformly fatal if left untreated. Prompt recognition, antibiotic therapy,...
Abstract: Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is a predominantly adult disorder, with bacterial infection of the soft tissue. In children, it is relatively rare and has a fulminant course with a high mortality rate. In the neonate, most cases of NF are attributable to...
Abstract: The appropriate antimicrobial treatment for skin and soft tissue following acute trauma is determined by the mechanism of injury, time from injury to treatment, environmental wound contamination, pathogenicity of colonizing bacteria, and patient-specific...
Abstract: Necrotizing fasciitis is a severe, fulminant infection most commonly encountered in patients with diabetes mellitus, alcohol abuse, and intravenous drug abuse. The infection can spread-unrecognized along fascial planes beneath seemingly normal skin. The...
Abstract: The pediatric patient is to be found in hyperbaric facilities throughout the world, receiving hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy for both life-threatening and chronic diseases. To review the experience accumulated at the Israel Naval Medical Institute in the...
Abstract: Infection is one of the common causes of death in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). It is associated with the use of immunosuppressive agents, renal failure, and increased disease activity. Fournier's gangrene is a necrotizing fasciitis...
