by HBOT News | May 18, 2015 | Clinical Trials, HBOT Research, Therapy
Currently, opioids are widely used for pain relief, but they often provide sub-optimal
analgesia with occasional serious side effects. Preservative-free ketamine hydrochloride was
introduced as a spinal anesthetic more than twenty years ago and found to have advantages
over local anesthetics. Intrathecal dexmedetomidine provides an analgesic effect in
postoperative pain without severe sedation. The objectives of this study were to compare the
efficacy and safety of intrathecally administered dexmedetomidine, ketamine, or their
combination when added to bupivacaine for postoperative analgesia in major abdominal cancer
surgery.
by HBOT News | Apr 28, 2015 | Chronic Heart Failure
Abstract: Heart rate corrected QT (QTc) interval prolongation is a risk factor associated with increased mortality. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) has previously been shown to have acute beneficial effects on QTc dispersion. The aim of this study was to evaluate...
by HBOT News | Apr 28, 2015 | Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Abstract: Heart rate corrected QT (QTc) interval prolongation is a risk factor associated with increased mortality. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) has previously been shown to have acute beneficial effects on QTc dispersion. The aim of this study was to evaluate...
by HBOT News | Feb 10, 2015 | Atrial Septal Defect
Abstract: An otherwise fit, healthy medical practitioner who was a recreational diver underwent a medical assessment for a remote posting as an Antarctic Medical Practitioner at which a coincidental finding of an atrial septal defect (ASD) was made. ASDs can have health...
by HBOT News | Jan 2, 2015 | Chronic Heart Failure
Abstract: Pre-conditioning by ischemia, hyperthermia, hypothermia, hyperbaric oxygen (and numerous other modalities) is a rapidly growing area of investigation that is used in pathological conditions where tissue damage may be expected. The damage caused by surgery,...
