Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for radiation induced proctopathy in men treated for prostate cancer.
Abstract: Radiation proctitis is a common complication following external beam radiation therapy and brachytherapy for prostate cancer. While 95% percent of radiation induced proctitis is temporary and self-limiting, up to 5% of patients experience toxicities that are...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for acute coronary syndrome.
Abstract: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) includes acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina. ACS is common and may prove fatal. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) will improve oxygen supply to the threatened heart and may reduce the volume of heart muscle that will...
Hyperbaric oxygen as an adjuvant treatment for malignant otitis externa.
Abstract: Malignant, or necrotising, otitis externa is a potentially fatal infection of the external ear canal and surrounding soft tissue and bone. It may be complicated by involvement of cranial nerves, principally the facial nerves and the contents of the jugular...
Tension pneumomediastinum after severe vomiting in a 21-year-old female.
Abstract: A 21-year-old female with chronic membranoproliferative nephritis was admitted for suspected esophageal disruption and asthma after severe, prolonged vomiting. At the time of admission she presented with dyspnea, tachypnea, arterial hypotension and...
Treatment of laryngeal radionecrosis with hyperbaric oxygen therapy: a case report.
Abstract: An 81-year-old male with early-stage laryngeal carcinoma had been treated with 60 Gy curative radiotherapy. He complained of a sore throat, foul odor in the mouth, progressive dyspnea, and fever 2 months after the completion of radiotherapy. Direct...
Review of awakening agents.
Abstract: Brain injuries are a serious burden of illness to Canada and the US. Advances in managing head trauma have allowed more patients to emerge from decreased levels of consciousness and helped them cope with neurocognitive, neurobehavioural, and neuropsychiatric...
Hyperbaric oxygen and malignancies: a potential role in radiotherapy, chemotherapy, tumor surgery and phototherapy.
Abstract: Over the past 40 years, hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) therapy has been recommended and used in a wide variety of medical conditions. In the 1950s, HBO2 was first used as a treatment, in addition to radiation, for head and neck cancers and cervical cancer. Many...
Effects of hyperbaric oxygen exposure on experimental head and neck tumor growth, oxygenation, and vasculature.
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) is used to promote healing in irradiated tissues, but concern persists about the possibility that it may promote residual tumor growth. The tumor growth of SQ20B and Detroit 562 head and neck squamous cell carcinoma xenografts were...
Augmentation of transgene expression in cold-preserved organs using vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-mediated adenoviral vector combined with hyperbaric oxygen.
Abstract: Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer has been widely used in gene therapy for congenital metabolic, cardiovascular, and malignant diseases. It has been reported that a gene transfer technique into transplanted organs may suppress rejection reactions and inhibit...