Cardiac problems associated with burns.
Abstract: Burns represent a major cause of accidental death in industrialized countries. Before the recognition of the key role of aggressive volume resuscitation in successful management, early mortality was common secondary to burn shock. Salvage of patients with...
[BiPAP therapy of respiratory disorders in patients with congenital neuromuscular diseases].
Abstract: Patients with hereditary generalized neuromuscular diseases develop respiratory failure and decreased maximal inspiratory pressure (Pi max) due to both, involvement of respiratory muscles in the disease and secondary spine- and thorax-deformity. In recent...
A preliminary report on hyperbaric oxygen in the relief of migraine headache.
Abstract: Oxygen inhalation was early advocated as a treatment for migraine headache. It has been theorized that the efficacy of raising blood oxygen levels in vascular headache is mediated by vasoconstriction and metabolic effects. Hyperbaric oxygen can provide a...
Therapy of brown spider envenomation: a controlled trial of hyperbaric oxygen, dapsone, and cyproheptadine.
Abstract: To determine whether hyperbaric oxygen (HBO), dapsone, or cyproheptadine decreases the severity of skin lesions resulting from experimental Loxosceles envenomation. Randomized, blinded, controlled study. Animal care facility. We used New Zealand white...
Radiotherapy for Merkel cell carcinoma of the skin of the head and neck.
Abstract: Merkel cell carcinoma is a relatively rare neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin. It arises in the head and neck region in approximately 50% of cases. Its aggressive behavior predisposes patients to local-regional recurrence and distant metastases after...
Oral implant rehabilitation of patients with oral malignancies treated with radiotherapy and surgery without adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen.
Abstract: Five patients treated with radiotherapy and surgery for oral malignant tumors had a total of 20 Brånemark implants placed in irradiated bone of the mandible. The radiotherapy dose varied between 25 and 64 Gy (mean 40.3 Gy) with a biologically effective dose...
Peritonsillar abscess: an unlikely cause of necrotizing fasciitis.
Abstract: Cervical necrotizing fasciitis is a devastating polymicrobial soft tissue infection characterized by gas formation and extensive necrosis of subcutaneous fat and fascia with extension to skin and muscle. Involvement of the head and neck is rare and is...
Necrotizing fasciitis of the head and neck with intrathoracic extension.
Abstract: We present the case history of a white male patient who initially presented in the Emergency Department with a peritonsillar abscess and subsequently returned several days later with necrotizing cervical fasciitis with intrathoracic extension. The successful...
Treatment of cervical necrotizing fasciitis with hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has significantly improved the management of necrotizing fasciitis of the extremities and trunk. Its role in cervical necrotizing fasciitis has not been fully evaluated. Historically, necrotizing fasciitis has been associated with...