by HBOT News | Feb 3, 1999 | Chronic Heart Failure
Abstract: Apopotic cell death is reported to be prominent in the stable tissues of the failing heart, in cardiomyopathies (CM), in the sinus node of complete heart block, in B cells of diabetes mellitus, and in neurodegenerative diseases. Recently, mitochondrial (mt)...
by HBOT News | Apr 1, 1997 | Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Abstract: Diabetic wounds are characterized by a prolonged wound healing process with insufficient formation of granulation tissue. Systemic hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been observed to improve the healing of these wounds. However, the mechanism(s) responsible for...
by HBOT News | Sep 1, 1996 | Chronic Wounds
Abstract: Clinicians involved in the conservative care of chronic wounds have many treatment interventions from which to choose, including debridement/irrigation, dressings, pressure-relieving devices, hyperbaric or topically applied oxygen, whirlpool/pulsed lavage,...
by HBOT News | Jun 15, 1988 | Sarcoma
Abstract: In an attempt to improve the antitumor efficacy of bleomycin, the effects of the oxygen-carrying emulsion Fluosol-DA and increased levels of inspired oxygen were tested in the mouse FSaIIC fibrosarcoma system. The dose-dependent cytotoxicity of bleomycin...
by HBOT News | Nov 1, 1986 | Carcinoma
Abstract: It is proposed that hyperbaric oxygen fails in the clinical situation due to a high proportion (greater than 33%) of hypoxic cells in human tumours. The means of overcoming this problem are reviewed. Additional to hyperbaric oxygenation, moderate hypothermia...
