Decompression sickness in Miskito Indian lobster divers: review of 229 cases.
Abstract: The Miskito Indian lobster divers of Central America employ very provocative diving profiles and experience severe neurological decompression sickness (DCS) and/or arterial gas embolism (AGE). Scientific data are scarce regarding the clinical patterns of...
[Criswick-Schepens syndrome — familial exudative vitreoretinopathy. Report of six cases in two consanguineous families].
Abstract: Familial exudative vitreoretinopathy is a hereditary, bilaterally progressive formation of a vitreoretinal membrane. It usually occurs in full-term newborns without previous treatment with hyperbaric oxygen. In this report, we present six cases of this...
Homocysteine, vitamin B12 and folate in vascular dementia and in Alzheimer disease
Abstract The association between elevated plasma levels of homocysteine (Hcy) and nutritional status has been shown in Alzheimer disease (AD) patients and also in vascular dementia (VaD). Moreover, a previous study provided evidence that the relation between a high...
Neuroprotection by hyperbaric oxygenation after experimental focal cerebral ischemia monitored by MRI.
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) after focal cerebral ischemia reduces infarct size and improves outcome when applied early after stroke. Here, we evaluated effects of HBO on permanent focal cerebral ischemia and applied magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)...
Severe hydrogen sulfide exposure in a working adolescent.
Abstract: We describe an occupational exposure to hydrogen sulfide gas in a 16-year-old boy. While cleaning the reoxygenation tank of a fish hatchery, he and an adult supervisor lost consciousness. The adult died, and the adolescent regained consciousness briefly when...
[An application of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in otolaryngological oncology].
Abstract: Postradiation changes in the tissues and delayed wound healing were presumed by all hyperbaric medicine societies including Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) and European Committee for Hyperbaric Medicine (ECHM) as one of the basic indications...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the treatment of radio-induced lesions in normal tissues: a literature review.
Abstract: Late complications are one of the major factors limiting radiotherapy treatment, and their treatment is not codified. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) has been used in combination with radiotherapy for over half a century, either to maximise its effectiveness or in...
Rheumatoid arthritis: regulation of synovial inflammation
Abstract Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic, inflammatory autoimmune disorder that presents as a symmetric polyarthritis associated with swelling and pain in multiple joints, often initially occurring in the joints of the hands and feet. Articular inflammation...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for reduction of secondary brain damage in head injury: an animal model of brain contusion.
Abstract: Cerebral contusions are one the most frequent traumatic lesions and the most common indication for secondary surgical decompression. The purpose of this study was to investigate the physiology of perilesional secondary brain damage and evaluate the value of...