Influence of hyperbaric oxygen on left ventricular contractility, total coronary blood flow, and myocardial oxygen consumption in the conscious dog.
Abstract: It is known that hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) decreases total coronary blood flow (TCBF) and cardiac output (CO). To determine whether this is related to an alteration in myocardial contractility, 10 chronically instrumented conscious dogs were studied...
[Cervical necrotizing fasciitis].
Abstract: Necrotizing fasciitis of the head and neck is a rare infection caused by a mixed bacterial flora with anaerobic predominance. Mortality is due to misdiagnosis which results in late and inadequate treatment. The natural course of this serious infection...
Use of hyperbaric oxygen in toxicology.
Abstract: HBO has become recognized as a potential treatment for a variety of toxins. HBO is helpful because it provides an excess of dissolved oxygen, which not only can sustain life in the absence of hemoglobin, but in some cases can actually increase the clearance...
[The lung overexpansion syndrome as a diving accident. A review of 22 cases].
Abstract: Pulmonary barotrauma (PB) is caused by expansion of gases in the respiratory system. We describe 22 cases in divers that constituted 10.2% of the accidents treated at the Spanish navy's hyperbaric center (1969-1990). Hemoptysis (27.2%), subcutaneous...
[Hyperbaric oxygenation in myocardial infarct].
Abstract: A total of 52 patients with myocardial infarction have been examined. The patients have been subjected to HBO procedures. 40-62 min sessions with a working pressure of 0.3-1.1 atm were performed. The optimal pressure during the first days is 0.3 atm with a...
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment of osteoradionecrosis of the mandible with repeated pathologic fracture. Report of a case.
Abstract: Treatment of patients with osteoradionecrosis of the mandible with a pathologic fracture consists in almost all cases of a continuity resection of the mandible. This leads to functional and esthetic problems that can only be solved by often extensive...
[Sudeck’s atrophy. 3 clinical cases].
Abstract: Three patients fulfilling criteria for Sudeck's atrophy (reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome--RSDS) are described and etiological, pathogenetic and clinical features of the disease are reviewed. RSDS is associated with a wide variety of precipitating...
Cerebral infarction immediately after ingestion of hydrogen peroxide solution.
Abstract: We report the clinical and neuroimaging findings of a patient who sustained multiple cerebral infarcts after the ingestion of concentrated hydrogen peroxide solution sold as a "health food" product. An 84-year-old man sustained focal neurological...
A multicenter review of the treatment of major truncal necrotizing infections with and without hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Abstract: To examine the effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy in the treatment of major truncal necrotizing infections, a retrospective (1980 to 1992) analysis of the medical records of 30 patients treated with HBO therapy and 24 patients treated without...