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The Latest HBOT News & Research
Case control study: hyperbaric oxygen treatment of mild traumatic brain injury persistent post-concussion syndrome and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) persistent post-concussion syndrome (PPCS) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are epidemic in United States Iraq and Afghanistan War veterans. Treatment of the combined diagnoses is limited. The aim of this study is to assess safety, feasibility, and effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen treatments (HBOT) for mild TBI PPCS and PTSD. Thirty military subjects aged 18-65 with PPCS with or without PTSD and from one or more blast-induced mild-moderate traumatic brain injuries that were a minimum of 1 year old and occurred after 9/11/2001 were studied. The measures included symptom lists, physical exam, neuropsychological and psychological testing on 29 subjects (1 dropout) and SPECT brain imaging pre and post HBOT.
Intralesional epidermal growth factor therapy fordiabetic foot ulcers: an evaluation of 15 cases
Abstract: Background/aim: Intralesional recombinant epidermal growth factor (EGF) is a new treatment approach for diabetic foot ulcer, approved in 2006. EGF therapy is given as an adjunct to the standard treatment regimen of antibiotics, surgery,...
HBOT Linked to Significant Reduction in PTSD Symptoms
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) demonstrated a significant drop in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and suicidal ideation in a new study of military personnel, according to a study published in Medical Gas Research. Researchers...
Clinical Trial – Effects of Analgesics in Cesarean Section Elective
Two approved treatments for spinal anesthesia will be compared in women undergoing cesarean
section.
It is usual to perform cesarean sections using spinal anesthesia with a local anesthetic
(bupivacaine) plus some opioid, such as sufentanil or morphine. Both have been shown to
decrease postoperative pain, but we try to check if one brings more benefit than the other.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in the Treatment of Acute Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: a Systematic Review.
There has been no major advancement in a quarter of a century for the treatment of acute severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). This review summarizes 40 years of clinical and pre-clinical research on the treatment of acute TBI with hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO2) in the context of an impending National Institute of Neurologic Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)-funded, multicenter, randomized, adaptive Phase II clinical trial – the Hyperbaric Oxygen Brain Injury Treatment (HOBIT) trial. Thirty studies (8 clinical and 22 pre-clinical) that administered HBO2 within 30 days of a TBI were identified from PubMed searches. The pre-clinical studies consistently reported positive treatment effects across a variety of outcome measures with almost no safety concerns, thus providing strong proof-of-concept evidence for treating severe TBI in the acute setting.
A diabetic foot ulcer treated with hydrogel and hyperbaric oxygen therapy: a case study.
Abstract: This study reports on the case of an elderly patient, with diabetes, and a bullous wound on the left big toe that led to an amputation of the first and second left toes. The amputation was because of deep injury as it was not able to heal...
The sausage toe as a sign of diabetic foot osteomyelitis.
Abstract: Mutluoglu, Ercengiz, Yazici Mutlu, Memis (2017). The sausage toe as a sign of diabetic foot osteomyelitis. International wound journal, 2017 Dec;():. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29266830
Topical oxygen therapy promotes the healing of chronic diabetic foot ulcers: a pilot study.
Abstract: Interventions that can heal or reduce diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) size may reduce the incidence of infection and amputation, and reduce associated social and economic costs. Many chronic wounds exhibit a degree of hypoxia and this leads to...
Clinical Trial – Hyperbaric Oxygen and Manipulative Therapies to Regain Function Post Stroke
To study safety, feasibility and outcomes of combining osteopathic manipulative therapies
with hyperbaric oxygen therapy in reducing the functional deficits in stroke survivors in
subacute and chronic phases post ischemic stroke. To document the same as part of a pilot
project in anticipation of further investigational studies.