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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy has been used for the better part of two centuries. Search our arhives below for past HBOT news and research or scroll down for the latest.
The Latest HBOT News & Research
Effects of Normobaric Hyperoxia in Severe Acute Stroke: a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial Study.
Abstract: Oxygen therapy might increase damaged tissue oxygenation, turn on the aerobic pathway, and save neurons from death and could improve clinical outcome of the patients with stroke and head trauma. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is accompanied by...
Impacts of Ultra-early Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Bone Mass of Rats With Complete Spinal Cord Transection.
Abstract: Seventy-five SD rats were randomly assigned to four groups: sham-operated group (Sham, n = 15), complete spinal cord transection (CSCT, n = 20) group, hyperbaric oxygenation group 1 (HBO1, n = 20), and hyperbaric oxygenation group 2...
The importance of source control in the management of severe skin and soft tissue infections.
Abstract: Recent studies mainly deal with the relevance of antibiotics in the treatment of complicated skin and soft tissue infections (cSSTIs) with or without sepsis. The impact of surgical source control for severely ill patients with sepsis is...
Alterations in taste perception as a result of hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Abstract: The present study evaluates the effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on taste sensitivity, hedonic perception of taste, and food preferences. The studied groups included 197 people in total (79 in the study group; 118 in the control...
Alterations in taste perception as a result of hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Abstract: The present study evaluates the effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on taste sensitivity, hedonic perception of taste, and food preferences. The studied groups included 197 people in total (79 in the study group; 118 in the control...
Fournier’s gangrene (necrotising fasciitis) complicated by renal and respiratory insufficiency: a case report.
Abstract: A case report of a 68-year-old male obese diabetic patient with an abscess of left femoral region, and diffuse inflammation of abdominal wall and genital region developing sepsis, respiratory and renal failure. At admission in the...
Fournier’s gangrene (necrotising fasciitis) complicated by renal and respiratory insufficiency: a case report.
Abstract: A case report of a 68-year-old male obese diabetic patient with an abscess of left femoral region, and diffuse inflammation of abdominal wall and genital region developing sepsis, respiratory and renal failure. At admission in the...
Livedoid vasculopathy: fast involution after anticoagulant and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Abstract: The livedoid vasculopathy is a rare condition characterized by the presence of recurrent painful ulcers in distal extremities of lower limbs. Histologically there is thickness of dermal vessels, occlusion of its light by fibrin thrombi...
Coronary gas embolism during a dive: a case report.
Abstract: A healthy scuba diver presented with a NSTEMI (non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction), pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum after diving. A 34-year-old woman with no significant medical history presented to the emergency department...