[Cerebral air embolism after percutaneous lung puncture].
Abstract: Cerebral air embolism is a rare but serious complication to percutaneous transthoracic fine needle aspiration of the lung. A case is described after puncture of a tumour in the right lung with a 0.6 mm needle. The patient developed paralysis of the upper and...
Tolerance of low cerebral intracellular pH in rats during hyperbaric hypercapnia.
Abstract: Brain acidosis from cerebral ischemia is characterized by average intracellular pH levels of approximately 5.8-6.2, which appear in turn to worsen cellular injury. We report that the brain is not injured when hypercapnia is used to reduce intracellular pH to...
The effect of a fish oil enriched diet on oxygen toxicity and lipid peroxidation in mice.
Abstract: Mice were fed a chow diet or diets enriched in fish oil, sunflower oil or beef tallow for 3 weeks. Fatty acid analysis was carried out in samples of plasma, brain and lungs from these animals and large changes were found in plasma and lungs with relatively...
[Hyperbaric oxygenation and drug therapy in treatment of nonspecific ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease].
Abstract: Patients with nonspecific ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease were treated with drug therapy (prednisolone, sulphasalazine, metronidazole per os and hydrocortisone per rectum) and subjected to 12 sessions of HBO. Every 10-14 months the HBO course was...
[Hyperbaric oxygenation in the comprehensive therapy of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (clinico-immunologic study)].
Abstract: For 35 of 50 patients with rheumatoid arthritis traditional drug therapy was a minor success for a long time. Without any modifications of the drug therapy every patient went through a course of hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO): 21 sessions under 1.7 ata for 40...
[Hyperbaric oxygenation and drug therapy in treatment of nonspecific ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease].
Abstract: Patients with nonspecific ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease were treated with drug therapy (prednisolone, sulphasalazine, metronidazole per os and hydrocortisone per rectum) and subjected to 12 sessions of HBO. Every 10-14 months the HBO course was...
Intracranial pressure responses during hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Abstract: The responses of intracranial pressure (ICP) to hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy and arterial gas pressures were investigated. ICP was measured through a ventricular or spinal drainage catheter in patients with brain tumor or cerebrovascular disease. Changes...
Postradiation dental extractions without hyperbaric oxygen.
Abstract: This study examined the incidence of osteoradionecrosis after tooth extraction with low-epinephrine or epinephrine-free, nonlidocaine local anesthetics and conservative surgical techniques. Estimates of the absorbed radiation dose on irradiated alveolar bone...
A pilot study of hyperbaric oxygen in the treatment of human stroke.
Abstract: We administered hyperbaric oxygen or air in a double-blind prospective protocol to 39 patients with ischemic cerebral infarction. We interrupted the study when we noticed what appeared to be a trend favoring the air-treated patients, whose neurological...