[Hyper- or normobaric oxygen therapy to treat migraine and cluster headache pain. Cochrane review].
Abstract: The aim of this systematic review was to assess the benefits and harms of supplemental oxygen (HBOT/NBOT) for treating and preventing migraine and cluster headaches. All randomized trials comparing the effect of supplemental oxygen on migraine or cluster...
[Medical treatment of macular edema].
Abstract: Macular edema was first described more than a century ago, and its medical treatment has made great progress thanks to recent pharmacological advances. Administration is topical, local (peri- or intraocular), or systemic. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory...
[The use of combined hyperbaric oxygenation and erythropoietin in the treatment of cardiac insufficiency].
Abstract: The aim of this research is to evaluate therapy efficiacy of hyperbaric oxgenation (HBO) with regenerative effects on human tissues and erythropoietin, as a nonspecific growth factor. This study included a group of 9 patients with echocardiographically...
Negative results of a phase II study of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Abstract: Steele, Zutshi, Bradley, , , , , , (2007). Negative results of a phase II study of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : official publication of the World Federation of Neurology Research Group on Motor...
Hypoxic radiosensitization: adored and ignored.
Abstract: Since observations from the beginning of the last century, it has become well established that solid tumors may contain oxygen-deficient hypoxic areas and that cells in such areas may cause tumors to become radioresistant. Identifying hypoxic cells in human...
Using angiogenesis in chronic wound care with becaplermin and oxidized regenerated cellulose/collagen.
Abstract: For most of the last century, chronic wound care was a practice of passive techniques, designed to prevent the progression of the wound. In the last decade, however, advanced techniques have focused on improving the wound at the molecular level to accelerate...
Complete resection of an isolated chest wall metastasis from esophageal carcinoma after transhiatal esophagectomy and gastric pull-up at one and a half-year follow-up.
Abstract: In esophageal cancer, the liver, lung, and bones are the most common sites of visceral metastases. Isolated chest wall metastases are quite extraordinary and occur very rarely. In February 2004, a 59-year-old male patient was admitted with esophageal...
[Acute intoxication with hydrogen peroxide with air emboli in central nervous system–a case report].
Abstract: 54-year-old woman with brain gas emboli after an accidental ingestion of concentrated hydrogen peroxide was described. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is a water-soluble, caustic liquid. Exposure to concentrated (> 30-35%) hydrogen peroxide may cause...
The effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on oxidative stress, inflammation, and symptoms in children with autism: an open-label pilot study.
Abstract: Recently, hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) has increased in popularity as a treatment for autism. Numerous studies document oxidative stress and inflammation in individuals with autism; both of these conditions have demonstrated improvement with HBOT, along...