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Pain improvement in rheumatoid arthritis with hyperbaric oxygen: report of three cases.
Abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, erosive, symmetrical inflammatory disease that can progress to synovial destruction, severe disability and premature mortality. Immunotherapies, while beneficial, can cause significant adverse...
HBO₂ in snake envenomation (atrox albinus rattlesnake): a case report in a human.
Abstract: A patient suffered from an envenomation that, at his hospitalization, was judged severe: Grade 3 out of 3, as defined in clinical studies for CroFab™ antidote [Crotalidae Polyvalent Immune Fab (Ovine)]. In addition to the usual...
Pain improvement in rheumatoid arthritis with hyperbaric oxygen: report of three cases.
Abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, erosive, symmetrical inflammatory disease that can progress to synovial destruction, severe disability and premature mortality. Immunotherapies, while beneficial, can cause significant adverse...
Patient diagnosed with chronic erectile dysfunction refractory to PDE 5 Inhibitor therapy reports improvement in function after hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Abstract: Erectile dysfunction (ED), defined as the inability to achieve or sustain an erection firm enough for sexual intercourse, is common in men older than 50 years of age whose medical history includes diabetes mellitus. This case report...
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment did not significantly affect radiation injury in the mandibular area of rats.
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) has been used to enhance microcirculation and thereby oxygen tension in tissues. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of HBOT on radiation injury in the mandibular area of rats. The left...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy of spinal cord injury.
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a complex disease process that involves both primary and secondary mechanisms of injury and can leave patients with devastating functional impairment as well as psychological debilitation. While no curative treatment is available for spinal cord injury, current therapeutic approaches focus on reducing the secondary injury that follows SCI. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy has shown promising neuroprotective effects in several experimental studies, but the limited number of clinical reports have shown mixed findings. This review will provide an overview of the potential mechanisms by which HBO therapy may exert neuroprotection, provide a summary of the clinical application of HBO therapy in patients with SCI, and discuss avenues for future studies.
Hyperbaric oxygenation alleviates chronic constriction injury (CCI)-induced neuropathic pain and inhibits GABAergic neuron apoptosis in the spinal cord.
Abstract: Dysfunction of GABAergic inhibitory controls contributes to the development of neuropathic pain. We examined our hypotheses that (1) chronic constriction injury (CCI)-induced neuropathic pain is associated with increased spinal GABAergic...
Normal carboxyhaemoglobin level in carbon monoxide poisoning treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Abstract: Throughout the world both intentional and inadvertent exposure to carbon monoxide (CO) remains an important public health issue. While CO poisoning can be lethal, the morbidity is predominantly due to nervous system injury. A previously...
NSL_ 32671: Retraction notice to Early hyperbaric oxygen therapy may improve the long term neurological consequences of diabetic patients suffering from hemorrhagic stroke [Neuroscience Letters 644 (2017) 83-86].
Abstract: Xu, Wei, Fan, Wang, Zhou, , , , (2017). NSL_ 32671: Retraction notice to Early hyperbaric oxygen therapy may improve the long term neurological consequences of diabetic patients suffering from hemorrhagic stroke [Neuroscience Letters 644...