I am a Critical Care physician trained in Hyperbaric Medicine. Sadly, my ICU is currently full of critically ill patients with COVID-19 pneumonia, most of them intubated. My colleagues and I have been caring for them for several days, so I have some insight into the...
March 31 2020, Dr. Anders Kjellberg posted a new clinical trial on the NIH Clinical Trials website to study the Safety and Efficacy of Hyperbaric Oxygen for ARDS in Patients With COVID-19 (COVID-19-HBO). The study is listed as “Not Recruiting Yet,” but has an...
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) can destroy harmful bacteria and viruses, while enhancing the body’s natural defenses. We propose HBOT for high risk, early stage COVID-19 patients, recommending this novel use of pressure and oxygen based on its low risk and...
April 2, 2020, Dr. David Lee posted a new clinical trial on the NIH Clinical Trials website to study the use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) to treat COVID-10. The study is listed as "Not Recruiting Yet," but has an estimated completion date of July 2020. ...
From Wuhan China — promising results have just been published by Dr. Zhong Yangling for the treatment of 5 COVID-19 patients (2 of which were critical and 3 were severe) with hyperbaric therapy at the Department of Hyperbaric Oxygen in Wuhan Yangtze River Shipping...
From the pathophysiological characteristics of new coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) and the effect mechanism analysis of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), HBOT may have a good effect in the treatment of NCP persistent hypoxemia. In view of the NCP guidelines (National...
In the last 24 hours, two new pieces of evidence have surfaced supporting Dr Harch’s original proposal of 3/3/2020 to consider HBOT for the treatment of coronavirus infection. (Update 3/17/2020)Today, the publication of a retrospective analysis of lung CT scans on 121...
A 65-year-old coronavirus patient was inside a pressured isolation chamber, and transported to an Orange County hospital, reports say.ORANGE COUNTY, CA — A man believed to have contracted coronavirus while overseas was flown to Los Angeles on a private air ambulance,...
Hyperbaric Medicine International recently published a White Paper on the use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) for the treatment of patients with COVID-19 as well as At-Risk population to prevent or reduce the effects of COVID-19. According to the CDC, at risk...
