by HBOT News | Aug 8, 2017 | Chronic Wounds
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO₂) therapy is currently used for the treatment of chronic wounds, radiation-induced soft tissue necrosis, several oxygen-deficiency conditions and decompression sickness. In addition to the current indications, much empirical and...
by HBOT News | Aug 8, 2017 | Burns
Abstract: Frostbite is an injury caused by the freezing of tissue, causing varied levels of tissue damage and necrosis. Case reports have shown a positive effect of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO₂) in such injuries, in acute cases as well as delayed (up to 21 days)...
by HBOT News | Aug 6, 2017 | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Abstract: Pulmonary edema following hyperbaric oxygen (HBO₂) therapy is a rare clinical phenomenon. This case report describes such a patient – a 56-year-old woman who suffered from severe pulmonary edema after HBO₂ therapy for carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning....
by HBOT News | Aug 6, 2017 | Chronic Heart Failure
Abstract: In Yucatán, Mexico, during the sea cucumber season fishermen dive intensely to obtain good catches but are often at risk of decompression sickness (DCS). We present a single case fatality. We analyzed the clinical course, medical assessment and recompression...
by HBOT News | Aug 6, 2017 | Rheumatoid Arthritis
Abstract: For the paper entitled Pain improvement in rheumatoid arthritis with hyperbaric oxygen: report of three cases,’ which appeared in the July-August 2016 issue of UHM (43-4), author attributions read as: John B. Slade MD, Mary V. Potts RN, Alan M. Flower...
