Abstract: The study analysed the hemodynamic and respiratory aspects of deep breath-hold diving. One male (59-year-old) and one female (32-year-old) subject were enrolled. They were both champion deep breath-hold divers. The dives were performed in the wet compartment...
Abstract: The effect of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) on cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression after transient focal ischemia was evaluated. A rat middle cerebral artery occlusion/reperfusion (MCAO) model was produced using the intraluminal filament method. After 2 h of...
Abstract: This study was designed to determine if repeated hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) exposure induces ischemic tolerance in focal cerebral ischemia. Sixty male SD rats were used in this study. Thirty animals underwent transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO)...
Abstract: The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that sympathetic nerve activity is attenuated in a hyperbaric environment. Response of muscle sympathetic nerve activity (MSNA) to central circulatory hypovolemic stress, lower body negative pressure...
Abstract: The use of hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) for the treatment of severe brain ischaemia remains controversial. The HBO may interfere with destructive neutrophil (PMN) infiltration following ischaemia/reperfusion. The effects of HBO on PMN accumulation and the...
Abstract: Reversible occlusion of the middle cerebral artery (MCA) was used to test hypothesis that hyperbaric oxygen inhibits the neutrophile infiltration into the ischemic brain thus reducing the brain injury. Treatment with hyperbaric oxygen prior to ischemia or...
Abstract: We have shown that hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) reduced cerebral infarction in rat middle cerebral artery occlusion model (MCAO). The present study was undertaken to evaluate the effect of HBO on ischemic striatal metabolites at different times after MCAO and...
Abstract: We studied the clinical profile and autopsy findings of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning encountered at a hospital located at the altitude of 5,000 ft above mean sea level. Clinical and postmortem findings in 25 and 15 cases of accidental CO poisoning...
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) has been used in the treatment of cerebral ischaemia with positive effects on tissue oxygenation. We present a case of haemorrhagic stroke treated successfully with HBOT and review the literature on its role in...
Abstract: Ischemia-reperfusion injury is a major complication occurring in heart stroke, cardiopulmonary bypass surgeries, and heart transplantation. Reactive oxygen species generated during the reperfusion phase overwhelm the scavenging capacities of antioxidant...
