Explore our database on Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Research below.
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: Fournier's gangrene is the result of a highly lethal and rapidly progressive necrotizing infection of the perineal and genital fascia, with gangrene of the overlying skin. The infection is generally polymicrobial and probably synergistic in nature....
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) is used but unproven for many conditions, including burns. We hypothesized that HBO therapy might increase oxygen delivery to intestine during burn shock and decrease mucosal injury. University research laboratory. We studied the...
Abstract: Continuous spinal anaesthesia is an established technique in which renewed interest has been generated by the availability of small bore catheters suitable for use in the subarachnoid space. Problems include technical difficulty, post dural puncture headache...
Abstract: A rapid quantitative technique for assessing spinal cord trauma in a rat model of decompression sickness is described. Evoked potentials are measured from the lower limbs of rats before and after dives with compressed air in a hyperbaric chamber. Under...
Abstract: Perianal involvement in Crohn's disease is common (< or = 50%), distressing, and frequently refractory to treatment. Clinical features include painful induration and stenosis, discharging fistulas, and fissures. The pathogenesis of these lesions is...
Abstract: Thiel, , , , , , , , (1994). [Hyperbaric oxygenation in osteoradionecrosis of the mandible]. Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Rontgengesellschaft ... [et al], 1994 Oct;170(10):614-5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7974176
Abstract: A 26 year old man, who was physically fit and occupationally active but had retinitis pigmentosa and a slight hearing impairment, received hyperbaric oxygen treatment for 97 minutes at a pressure of 240 kPA for five days a week over a period of four weeks....
Abstract: We describe a 53-year-old alcoholic man who presented with hip septic arthritis due to Bacteroides fragilis. This arthritis involved a severe destruction of the femoral head, which was completely devitalized. Recovery was achieved after 4 months of...
Abstract: Radiation cystitis with macroscopic hematuria has been a frustrating clinical problem for urologists. Since 1985 hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) has been used to treat this disease, showing favorable results. Between November 1989 and October 1992, 20 female...