Neurological accidents caused by repetitive breath-hold dives: two case reports.
Abstract: We report two Japanese male professional breath-hold divers (33 and 39 years of age) who experienced neurological disorders during repetitive dives to over 20 m of seawater. One patient had right homonymous hemianopsia, and the other presented with right...
Effects of hyperbaric oxygen on ventricular performance, pulmonary blood volume, and systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance.
Abstract: The cardiovascular effects of hyperbaric (3 atm abs) air, 100% oxygen, and hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) at 3 atm abs were investigated in 13 pentobarbital-anesthetized dogs. We measured heart rate, arterial pressure, pulmonary artery pressure, right atrial...
Do new strategies in meningococcemia produce better outcomes?
Abstract: Meningococcal septic shock (MSS) has high mortality and morbidity rates. In addition to the traditional prompt antibiotics and respiratory and circulatory support, new treatment strategies have been proposed. Immunotherapy, such as antiserum to Escherichia...
[Diagnostic image (2). (Gas gangrene of diabetic foot)].
Abstract: A 63-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus type 2 and an ulcer on the foot developed gas gangrene and was treated with antibiotics and surgical excision. She died before she could be treated with hyperbaric oxygen. van der Meer, , , , , , , , (2000)....
MRI of radiation myelitis: a report of a case treated with hyperbaric oxygen.
Abstract: Radiation therapy is commonly applied as a primary or adjuvant therapy for malignancies. One of the major complications following radiation therapy is the necrosis of the otherwise normal surrounding soft tissues and/or bone. Post-radiation myelopathy rarely...
[The treatment of concussion and contusion injuries to the organ of hearing].
Abstract: Gorbunov, , , , , , , , (2000). [The treatment of concussion and contusion injuries to the organ of hearing]. Voenno-meditsinskii zhurnal, 2000 Aug;321(8):34-5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10998991
[Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO): current standing].
Abstract: For more than thirty years hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) has been an important and ultimate therapeutic tool in special indications. Hyperbaric oxygen improves tissue oxygenation, stimulates important mechanisms in wound healing and exerts beneficial...
Cancer vascularization: implications in radiotherapy?
Abstract: Although hypoxia is considered a major cause of failure of radiotherapy, the mechanisms of tumor hypoxia are unclear, and effective ways for its correction or targeting are missing. Tumoral vasculature is the vehicle for the hemoglobin to reach the tumoral...
Free omental transfer for osteoradionecrosis of the mandible.
Abstract: Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) of the mandible can arise following therapeutic radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. The incidence is quoted as 10-15%. Conservative and surgical therapies used for ORN have included vascularized osteocutaneous flap transfers,...