Pulmonary barotrauma and cerebral arterial gas embolism during hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is used to treat a variety of disorders. It is a safe treatment modality, but rare catastrophic complications may occur. In this case report, we describe the occurrence of irreversible spastic quadriparesis in a patient who...
High-tech/high-touch team-centered care provides best outcomes for wound prevention in critically ill patients.
Abstract: The management of problem wounds by critical care nurses is a particular challenge in that their primary responsibilities revolve around emergent care and resuscitation of patients. However, with the identification of pressure wound development as a...
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment improved neurophysiologic performance in brain tumor patients after neurosurgery and radiotherapy: a preliminary report.
Abstract: Cognitive performance often is impaired permanently in long-term brain tumor survivors after neurosurgery and radiotherapy. Hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) stimulates neovascularization of hypoperfused tissue and may result in improved functionality of...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy as further adjunctive therapy in the treatment of periorbital necrotizing fasciitis caused by group A Streptococcus.
Abstract: Lazzeri, Lazzeri, Figus, Agostini, Nardi, Pantaloni, , , (). Hyperbaric oxygen therapy as further adjunctive therapy in the treatment of periorbital necrotizing fasciitis caused by group A Streptococcus. Ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery,...
Wound care: the role of advanced wound healing technologies.
Abstract: Wound repair and regeneration is a highly complex combination of matrix destruction and reorganization. While major hurdles remain, advances over the past generation have improved the clinician's armamentarium in the medical and surgical management of this...
[Management of hemorrhagic radiation cystitis with hyperbaric oxygen therapy].
Abstract: hemorrhagic cystitis (HC) after pelvic radiotherapy occurs in 2-8% of patients. A variety of treatments have been described, most of them with uncertain results. We assessed the efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in HC cases. retrospective analysis...
Can Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HOT) have a place in the treatment of some urological diseases.
Abstract: HOT (Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy) is used in urological diseases: Scrotal/perineal fasciitis and Radiation-induced cystitis (and proctopathy); in urgency and frequency syndrome and with chronic pelvic pain the use of HOT is still experimental. The basic...
Can Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HOT) have a place in the treatment of some urological diseases.
Abstract: HOT (Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy) is used in urological diseases: Scrotal/perineal fasciitis and Radiation-induced cystitis (and proctopathy); in urgency and frequency syndrome and with chronic pelvic pain the use of HOT is still experimental. The basic...
Gadolinium enhancement of cauda equina after combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia.
Abstract: The occurrence of neurological symptoms after spinal anaesthesia has been reported with several local anaesthetics including lidocaine, prilocaine, mepivacaine, tetracaine and bupivacaine. Although hyperbaric bupivacaine is known to induce neurological...