The use of normobaric versus hyperbaric (>2 atm) oxygen in the treatment of carbon monoxide intoxication continues to be a matter of debate despite reports of increased efficacy with hyperbaric oxygen. When hyperbaric oxygen is used, immediate treatment is preferred for best results. The therapeutic window of time, however, is unknown. A patient presented with acute confusion and partial retrog...

Nonhealing wounds represent a problem involving inadequate oxygenation of the tissues that can lead to hypoxic injury. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy can be used as an adjunctive therapy for compromised grafts and flaps that have failed to show improvement with standard wound therapy and offer additional physiologic benefits in the reversal of wound hypoxia and hypoperfusion. A literature review con...

The use of titanium during hyperbaric oxygen therapy may pose a risk of fire. A fresh titanium surface in a high oxygen atmosphere can be a source of ignition. The clinical scenario may be a patient who accidentally breaks his titanium-framed glasses during a hyperbaric oxygen treatment in a monoplace chamber or using an oxygen hood. We recommend some safety precautions to be exercised until co...

OBJECTIVES The purpose is to study the effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy and autologous platelet concentrates in healing the fibula bone of rabbits after induced fractures. METHODS A total of 128 male New Zealand albino rabbits, between 6-8 months old, were subjected to a total osteotomy of the proximal portion of the right fibula. After surgery, the animals were divided into four groups (...

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a treatment for wounds in any location and of any duration that has been misunderstood for 353 years. Since 2008 it has been applied to the persistent post-concussion syndrome of mild traumatic brain injury by civilian and later military researchers with apparent conflicting results. The civilian studies are positive and the military-funded studies are a mixture of ...

Diabetes mellitus effects around 10% of the whole population and unhealed diabetic foot ulcer is one most debilitating economically burdensome conditions. This condition commonly seen by different specialists including physicians, orthopaedic surgeons vascular surgeons. We present a case which has been treated in our Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) centre. also review literature with respect t...

Aims: This study examined the effects of exposure to mild hyperbaric oxygen on blood flow and resting energy expenditure. Study Design: Clinical study. Methods: Fourteen healthy women were exposed to mild hyperbaric conditions at 1.25 atmospheres absolute with 36.0% oxygen for 50 min. Their heart rate, peripheral oxygen saturation, blood flow, resting energy expenditure, derived-reactive oxygen...

We evaluated the effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the treatment of keratoendotheliosis secondary to surgical treatment. A total of 33 patients were randomized to two arms of this study. The first arm consisted of 12 patients treated with pharmacologic therapy and hyperbaric oxygen daily for ten days. The second arm consisted of 21 patients treated with pharmacologic therapy alone (...

Oxygen Therapy Debate Dear Editor, In response to the article, “Topical Hyperbaric Oxygen and Electrical Stimulation: Exploring Potential Synergy” (Ostomy/Wound Management. 2002;48(11):42-50), by definition, hyperbaric oxygen therapy involves the entire body, increased atmospheric pressure, and the patient breathing 100% oxygen. The increased oxygen pressure and oxygen concentration help wound ...

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy at 2.4 atmospheric pressure absolutes for 90 minutes per day ameliorated the signs and symptoms of agitation, confusion, and emotional distress in a 27-year-old male seven days following a traumatic accident. Hyperbaric oxygen was used to treat the patient's crush injury and underlying nondisplaced pelvic fractures which were sustained in a bicycle versus automobile tr...