by HBOT News | Nov 12, 2007 | Stroke
Abstract: Several aspects of physiology, notably blood pressure, body temperature, blood glucose, and blood oxygen saturation, may be altered after an ischemic stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage. Generally, blood pressure and temperature rise acutely after a stroke,...
by HBOT News | Apr 19, 2007 | Stroke
Abstract: Neuroprotective drugs have so far failed clinical trials, at high cost, and intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (i.v. tPA) remains the only FDA-approved acute stroke therapy. Hyperoxia, acting via multiple direct and indirect mechanisms, may be a...
by HBOT News | Feb 27, 2007 | Stroke
Abstract: Helms, Whelan, Torbey, , , , , , (2007). Hyperbaric oxygen therapy of acute ischemic stroke. Stroke, 2007 Apr;38(4):1137; author reply...
by HBOT News | Aug 29, 2006 | Stroke
Abstract: The efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy combined with intravenous edaravone (free radical scavenger) administration was prospectively investigated in patients with acute embolic stroke involving the anterior cerebral circulation. Patients with acute...
by HBOT News | Aug 10, 2006 | Stroke
Abstract: 1. The aim of the present review is to summarize clinical observations and results of animal models that advance the knowledge of the attenuation of cerebrovascular dysfunction in the setting of heat stroke. It is a narrative review of selected published...