[The effect of hyperbaric oxygenation on central hemodynamics, blood gas composition and acid-base status in elderly patients with ischemic heart disease and circulatory insufficiency].
Abstract: 210 patients with ischemic heart disease and heart failure, stage I, HA, IIB, aged 60 to 74 years, have been examined. The effect of HBO on central hemodynamics, gas composition and acid-base balance has been assessed. It has been established that HBO is...
Osteoradionecrosis, pathogenesis, treatment and prevention.
Abstract: The present paper discuss the development of osteoradionecrosis (ORN) in the jaws. ORN is the end stage of tissue injury induced by irradiation. The most prominent etiologic factor of ORN seems to be the effect of radiation on endothelial cells lining the...
[Urinary excretion rate of methylguanidine as a new maker of active oxygen in vivo: demonstration in hyperbaric oxygen therapy].
Abstract: Methylguanidine (MG) which is known as a uremic toxin, is synthesized from creatinine (Cre). We have clarified that active oxygen plays an important role on MG synthesis in vitro and in rat hepatocytes. On the other hand, hyperoxia is very injurious in...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for necrotizing fasciitis reduces mortality and the need for debridements.
Abstract: Twenty-nine patients with necrotizing fasciitis were treated from 1980 to 1988. This study evaluates how the addition of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy to surgical treatment has affected mortality and the number of debridements required to achieve wound...
Myocardial infarct size reduction by the synergistic effect of hyperbaric oxygen and recombinant tissue plasminogen activator.
Abstract: Fasting mongrel dogs underwent hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT), recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA) treatment, and simultaneous HBOT and rt-PA treatment following prior experimental left anterior descending coronary artery occlusion for 2...
Chronic anaemia, hyperbaric oxygen and tumour radiosensitivity.
Abstract: Anaemia is an important factor in the response of some human tumours to radiotherapy. The outcome is also influenced by whether the treatment is given in air or high pressure oxygen (HPO). The present study examined the relationship between anaemia and...
Necrotizing myonecrosis and polymicrobial sepsis. The role of adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen.
Abstract: A 19-year-old man, who was involved in a motorcycle accident, sustained a combined bony and vascular injury to his right lower extremity that required emergency surgery. Postoperatively, the patient developed a life-threatening, necrotizing, soft-tissue...
Combined arterial gas embolism and decompression sickness following no-stop dives.
Abstract: Decompression sickness (DCS) has been clinically classified as Type I (predominantly joint pain) or Type II (predominantly spinal cord lesions). We present 3 cases that are all characterized by severe (Type II) DCS with signs and symptoms of spinal cord...
Hyperbaric oxygen management of chronic staphylococcal osteomyelitis of the temporal bone.
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) has proven efficacious in the adjunct management of selected otolaryngologic problems: radiation therapy-induced osteoradionecrosis of the temporal bone, malignant external otitis, mandibular osteoradionecrosis and refractory...