Painful diabetic neuropathy: an update.
Abstract: Diabetes, a silent killer, is a leading cause of neuropathy. Around 50% of diabetic patients develop peripheral neuropathy in 25 years. Painful diabetic neuropathy manifests as burning, excruciating, stabbing or intractable type of pain or presents with...
Calcific uremic arteriolopathy: an underrecognized entity.
Abstract: Calcific uremic arteriolopathy (CUA), or calciphylaxis, is an uncommon and underrecognized disease that often occurs in the setting of chronic kidney disease or end-stage renal disease. It is characterized by small-vessel calcification, although many times...
Prospective assessment of outcomes in 411 patients treated with hyperbaric oxygen for chronic radiation tissue injury.
Abstract: Although hyperbaric oxygen is used to treat chronic radiation tissue injury, clinical evidence supporting its efficacy has been limited to date. The authors report prospectively collected patient outcomes from a single center's large experience using...
Prospective assessment of outcomes in 411 patients treated with hyperbaric oxygen for chronic radiation tissue injury.
Abstract: Although hyperbaric oxygen is used to treat chronic radiation tissue injury, clinical evidence supporting its efficacy has been limited to date. The authors report prospectively collected patient outcomes from a single center's large experience using...
Oxygen sensing, homeostasis, and disease
Abstract [No Abstract Available] Semenza GL. Oxygen sensing, homeostasis, and disease. N Engl J Med. 2011 Aug 11;365(6):537-47. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1011165. Erratum in: N Engl J Med. 2011 Sep 8;365(10):968. PMID: 21830968.
Secondary hyperparathyroidism: Uncommon cause of a leg ulcer.
Abstract: Most leg ulcers are vascular based. Only if vascular therapy fails other causes are considered. We report the case of a female with incapacitating leg ulcers caused by a rare condition which was only diagnosed after failing treatment. The female had an...
Cascade® Autologous System Platelet-Rich Fibrin Matrix in the Treatment of Chronic Leg Ulcers.
Abstract: Lower extremity ulcers (venous, diabetic) are often unresponsive to standard treatment. Various systemic and local cellular, vascular, and anatomical factors can result in nonhealing wounds that are refractory to normal healing processes and standard care....
Brief report: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in children with autism spectrum disorder: a clinical trial.
Abstract: We sought to determine whether HBOT leads to parental reported behavioral changes and alterations in cytokines in children with ASD. Ten children completed 80 sessions of HBOT and all improved by 2 points on the clinician-rated CGI-I scale (much improved) as...
Anterior EEG asymmetry and the Modifier Model of Autism
Abstract Individual differences in the expression of autism complicate research on the nature and treatment of this disorder. In the Modifier Model of Autism (Mundy et al. 2007), we proposed that individual differences in autism may result not only from syndrome...