Spinal anesthesia with clonidine and bupivacaine in young humans: interactions and effects on the cardiovascular system.
Abstract: Clonidine, an alpha 2 agonist, is known to prolong the action of local anesthetics, and to provide a satisfactory analgesia; hypotension and bradycardia have been observed after its intrathecal administration. The aim of our study was to determine whether...
Scuba decompression illness and diving fatalities in an overseas military community.
Abstract: A retrospective study of scuba decompression illness (DCI) and fatalities in the U.S. military community on Okinawa Island, Japan, was performed for 1989-95. Some 94 cases of diving DCI, including 10 cases of cerebral air-gas embolism (CAGE), and 9 diving...
Long-term results of aggressive management of diabetic foot ulcers suggest significant cost effectiveness.
Abstract: This study was undertaken to examine the hypothesis that the initial high limb salvage rate in patients with diabetes who are treated aggressively with a multidisciplinary approach to management of severe, chronic lower extremity wounds is durable and cost...
Dose-dependent hyperbaric oxygen stimulation of human fibroblast proliferation.
Abstract: Diabetic wounds are characterized by a prolonged wound healing process with insufficient formation of granulation tissue. Systemic hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been observed to improve the healing of these wounds. However, the mechanism(s) responsible for...
Long-term effect of repeated hyperbaric oxygen therapy on visual acuity in inflammatory cystoid macular oedema.
Abstract: Suttorp-Schulten, Riemslag, Rothova, van der Kley, Riemslag, , , , (1997). Long-term effect of repeated hyperbaric oxygen therapy on visual acuity in inflammatory cystoid macular oedema. The British journal of ophthalmology, 1997...
Brown recluse spider envenomation: is hyperbaric oxygen the answer?
Abstract: Hobbs, , , , , , , , (1997). Brown recluse spider envenomation: is hyperbaric oxygen the answer? Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, 1997...
Effect of hyperbaric oxygen on sphingomyelinase D activity of brown recluse spider (Loxosceles reclusa) venom as studied by 31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) has been reported by some to be therapeutic for necrotic lesions induced by the venom of the brown recluse spider, Loxosceles reclusa. Others have reported no efficacy for this treatment. In this study, the effect of high pressure...
Brown recluse spider envenomation: a prospective trial of hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Abstract: Loxosceles reclusa (brown recluse) spider bites can produce severe skin lesions that may necessitate extensive surgical repair. This study delineated the effects of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy on these lesions by performing a prospective controlled...
Modification of in vivo and in vitro TNF-alpha, IL-1, and IL-6 secretion by circulating monocytes during hyperbaric oxygen treatment in patients with perianal Crohn’s disease.
Abstract: Treatment of perianal inflammatory lesions in Crohn's disease (CD) is unsatisfactory and novel treatment modalities are pursued. We have recently reported a good clinical effect of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) treatment in perianal CD. In the present study, seven...