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Extivita maintains an extensive research & publication database for various diseases and therapies such as Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Neurofeedback, Nutritional IV Therapy, Infrared Sauna, and Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy.
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Abstract: Clonidine, an alpha 2 agonist, is known to prolong the action of local anesthetics, and to provide a satisfactory analgesia; hypotension and bradycardia have been observed after its intrathecal administration. The aim of our study was to determine whether...
Abstract: A retrospective study of scuba decompression illness (DCI) and fatalities in the U.S. military community on Okinawa Island, Japan, was performed for 1989-95. Some 94 cases of diving DCI, including 10 cases of cerebral air-gas embolism (CAGE), and 9 diving...
Abstract: This study was undertaken to examine the hypothesis that the initial high limb salvage rate in patients with diabetes who are treated aggressively with a multidisciplinary approach to management of severe, chronic lower extremity wounds is durable and cost...
Abstract: Diabetic wounds are characterized by a prolonged wound healing process with insufficient formation of granulation tissue. Systemic hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been observed to improve the healing of these wounds. However, the mechanism(s) responsible for...
Abstract: Suttorp-Schulten, Riemslag, Rothova, van der Kley, Riemslag, , , , (1997). Long-term effect of repeated hyperbaric oxygen therapy on visual acuity in inflammatory cystoid macular oedema. The British journal of ophthalmology, 1997...
Abstract: Hobbs, , , , , , , , (1997). Brown recluse spider envenomation: is hyperbaric oxygen the answer? Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 1997...
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) has been reported by some to be therapeutic for necrotic lesions induced by the venom of the brown recluse spider, Loxosceles reclusa. Others have reported no efficacy for this treatment. In this study, the effect of high pressure...
Abstract: Loxosceles reclusa (brown recluse) spider bites can produce severe skin lesions that may necessitate extensive surgical repair. This study delineated the effects of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy on these lesions by performing a prospective controlled...
Abstract: We report a rare case of spontaneously developing generalised gas gangrene with massive rhabdomyolysis after a cholecystectomy and drainage of a hepatic abscess. On preoperative physical examination the patient appeared severely ill and was icteric and...