The treatment of anaerobic infection needs to be prompt and appropriate in order to ensure recovery. Management includes the use of hyperbaric oxygen, surgical methods and antimicrobial therapy. In the past five years, newer agents effective against anaerobic organisms were introduced. However antibiotic resistance is increasingly common against anaerobic bacteria. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is ...

The first case of 'gas gangrene' of the brain treated with hyperbaric oxygen is reported. It is suggested that there is no place in clostridial infection confined to the central nervous system for hyperbaric oxygen treatment. The early onset of symptoms in clostridial brain abscess with the presence of a gas bubble localizing the abscess were again confirmed. The importance of taking a careful ...

Hemorrhagic cystitis is a common complication in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients. We report here a case of severe BKV-associated hemorrhagic cystitis who did not respond to intravenous cidofovir. Overt hematuria successfully resolved after a few days on hyperbaric oxygen and intravesical instillations of cidofovir, while BK viruria dropped after a few weeks and remained low. We re...

POST-ABORTAL and puerperal infection due to Clostridial organisms have been reported periodically ever since H. M. Little's paper appeared in 1905. Hyperbaric oxygen has been proved to be of great therapeutic value in Clostridial infections (Brummelkamp, Boerema and Hoogendyk, 1963; Brummelkamp, 1964, 1965) but we feel that its use for uterine infections has not been sufficiently emphasised. Si...

POST-ABORTAL and puerperal infection due to Clostridial organisms have been reported periodically ever since H. M. Little's paper appeared in 1905. Hyperbaric oxygen has been proved to be of great therapeutic value in Clostridial infections (Brummelkamp, Boerema and Hoogendyk, 1963; Brummelkamp, 1964, 1965) but we feel that its use for uterine infections has not been sufficiently emphasised. Si...

Schwann cell transplantation and hyperbaric oxygen therapy each promote recovery from spinal cord injury, but it remains unclear whether their combination improves therapeutic results more than monotherapy. To investigate this, we used Schwann cell transplantation via the tail vein, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, or their combination, in rat models of spinal cord contusion injury. The combined trea...

Increased intracranial pressure was induced in anaesthetized dogs by application of liquid nitrogen to the dura mater. Intracranial pressure and cerebral blood flow were measured, together with arterial blood pressure and arterial and cerebral venous blood gases.Carbon dioxide was administered intermittently to test the responsiveness of the cerebral circulation, and hyperbaric oxygen was deliv...

Although radiation therapy is a common treatment for head and neck cancer, osteoradionecrosis (ORN) represents a major complication during or after treatment. Hyperbaric oxygen is often mentioned as a prophylactic and therapeutic treatment for ORN. In this article, we review the literature on hyperbaric oxygen therapy in head and neck irradiated patients. The widespread use of such therapy for ...

Eighty four patients with multiple sclerosis were treated in monoplace chambers with either hyperbaric oxygen at 2 atmospheres absolute or placebo. Comprehensive double blind assessment was carried out before, immediately after, and one month after treatment. There was no clinically important or significant benefit in any of the four major criteria of outcome--namely, the patient's subjective o...

The effect on the human lens of prolonged hyperbaric oxygen therapy is reported. Eye examinations were given to 25 patients before, during, and after a series of 150 or more exposures to hyperbaric oxygen. All patients changed refraction in the direction of myopia during treatment. Fifteen of the patients had clear lens nuclei before treatment. Seven of these developed a nuclear cataract with r...