Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) has promise as a treatment for acute stroke. This study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and feasibility of using HBO in acute ischemic stroke. We conducted a randomized, prospective, double-blind,...
Abstract: The effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in clinical and experimental acute ischemic stroke (AIS) has been controversial for many years. However, in the literature, no data was found on the dose/effect of HBOT in patients with AIS. We analyzed...
Abstract: We explore three questions concerning arterial hyperoxygenation and focal ischemia. (1) Does greater benefit accrue with higher levels of arterial hyperoxemia? (2) Is the net effect of continuous (intraischemic plus postischemic) oxygen therapy toxic, or...
Abstract: The occurrence of hypoxia-ischemia (HI) during early fetal or neonatal stages of an individual leads to the damaging of immature neurons resulting in behavioral and psychological dysfunctions, such as motor or learning disabilities, cerebral palsy, epilepsy...
Abstract: Susac's syndrome is an extremely rare clinical manifestation characterized by the triad of fluctuating sensorineural hearing loss, sudden visual loss and encephalopathy. Probably underdiagnosed, it affects young women who start the clinical history with...
Abstract: There are only a few reported cases of psychiatric disorders presenting a s decompression sickness (DCS). Previous reports indicate that DCS can result in personality change, depression, Munchausen's syndrome, and pseudo stroke. We report two cases of acute...
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is considered an important stroke treatment strategy. To determine whether normobaric oxygen is neuroprotective, and, if so, what the therapeutic time window is. Experiment 1-Serial diffusion- and perfusion-weighted MRI (DWI and...
Abstract: Bubbles are introduced to the arterial circulation in many patients undergoing cardiac surgical procedures, and some of these distribute to the cerebral vessels. Larger bubbles may arrest in cerebral arterioles, causing ischemia and neuronal injury in the...
Abstract: Pulmonary barotrauma-induced cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE) continues to complicate compressed gas diving activities. Inadequate lung ventilation secondary to inadvertent breath holding or rapid buoyant ascent can quickly generate a critical state of...
Abstract: The usefulness of the administration of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) in the treatment of acute focal cerebral ischemia remains debatable. A significant association exists between focal cerebral injury and an excessive release of extracellular dopamine (DA). In...
