Hyperbaric oxygen therapy and the eye.
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is a primary or adjunctive therapy for a variety of medical disorders including some involving the eye. This paper is the first comprehensive review of HBOT for ocular indications. The authors recommend the following as...
Fournier’s gangrene.
Abstract: Fournier's gangrene (FG) represents a necrotizing infection of the skin and subcutaneous soft tissue of the external genitalia and perineum. It arises as a result of propagation of anorectal, urogenital and skin infections. The principles of treatment...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy and the eye.
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is a primary or adjunctive therapy for a variety of medical disorders including some involving the eye. This paper is the first comprehensive review of HBOT for ocular indications. The authors recommend the following as...
Rationale of hyperbaric oxygenation in cerebral vascular insult.
Abstract: Cerebrovascular diseases and especially ischemic stroke are a leading cause of death. They occur mostly due to an insufficient oxygen (O2) supply to the central neural tissue as a result of thromboembolic events and/or obstructive vessel disease. The primary...
The case for evidence in wound care: investigating advanced treatment modalities in healing chronic diabetic lower extremity wounds.
Abstract: Major complications of diabetes mellitus include lower leg and foot ulcers, which can result in amputation. Further study is needed to determine optimal treatments for these challenging wounds. Growth factor therapy and hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) treatments are...
Management and prevention of diabetic foot ulcers and infections: a health economic review.
Abstract: Diabetic foot ulcers and infections are common and incur substantial economic burden for society, patients and families. We performed a comprehensive review, on a number of databases, of health economic evaluations of a variety of different prevention,...
Hyperbaric oxygen does not improve outcome in patients with necrotizing soft tissue infection.
Abstract: Patients with necrotizing soft tissue infections (NSTIs) require prompt surgical debridement, appropriate intravenous antibiotics, and intensive support. Despite aggressive treatment, their mortality and morbidity rates remain high. The benefit of hyperbaric...
Management of brain abscesses in children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Abstract: Brain abscesses in children with leukemia or other malignancies are rare and potentially fatal. We report on four children who developed brain abscesses during treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). All patients received multimodal broad-spectrum...
Clinical correlate of brain SPECT perfusion abnormalities in fibromyalgia
Abstract The purpose of this study was to investigate the specific clinical correlate of brain SPECT perfusion abnormalities reported in fibromyalgia. Methods: We performed a whole-brain voxel-based correlation analysis involving regional cerebral blood flow and...