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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the treatment of COVID-19 — severe cases
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...
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for New Coronavirus Pneumonia
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...
Clinical Trial – Safety and Efficacy of Hyperbaric Oxygen for ARDS in Patients With COVID-19
COVID-19 may cause severe pneumonitis that require ventilatory support in some patients, the ICU mortality is as high as 62%. Hospitals do not have enough ICU beds to handle the demand and to date there is no effective cure. We explore a treatment administered in a randomized clinical trial that could prevent ICU admission and reduce mortality. The overall hypothesis to be evaluated is that HBO reduce mortality, increase hypoxia tolerance and prevent organ failure in patients with COVID19 pneumonitis by attenuating the inflammatory response.
Potential of HBOT Treatment for Coronavirus is Supported by New Evidence
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...
Orange County Coronavirus Patient Flown From Aruba To LAX: Report
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...
Modulation of Cellular Biochemistry, Epigenetics and Metabolomics by Ketone Bodies. Implications of the Ketogenic Diet in the Physiology of the Organism and Pathological States
Abstract Ketone bodies (KBs), comprising β-hydroxybutyrate, acetoacetate and acetone, are a set of fuel molecules serving as an alternative energy source to glucose. KBs are mainly produced by the liver from fatty acids during periods of fasting,...
Coronavirus & Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
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...
Clinical Trial – Effect of Self-acupressure on Middle Ear Barotrauma Associated With Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Middle ear barotrauma (MEB) is the most common complication during hyperbaric oxygen therapy
(HBOT). Though Valsalva and Toynbee maneuvers have been proposed to prevent MEB, still some
patients discontinue HBOT due to severe otalgia, hemorrhage or perforation of tympanic
membrane associated with HBOT. Currently, there is no optimal prophylactic management for MEB
associated with HBOT. The aim of this protocol is to investigate the efficacy of
self-acupressure therapy on MEB associated with HBOT.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for mild traumatic brain injury persistent postconcussion syndrome: a randomized controlled trial
Abstract: Persistent postconcussion syndrome (PPCS) after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is a significant public health and military problem for which there is limited treatment evidence. The aim of this study was to determine whether forty 150...