HBOT News & Research
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is increasingly appearing in the news and new research as a treatment for a variety of conditions involving inflammation. Use the search or select an article below to to keep up to date on the most recent HBOT News.
Recent Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) News
During NC Phase 2 COVID-19 Re-Opening
COVID-19 Update - Extivita-RTP REMAINS OPEN 5 DAYS/WEEK and continues to serve all of our patients with dive times offered throughout the day. As North Carolina enters Phase 2 of re-opening, we continue to comply with CDC infection control...
During NC Phase 1 COVID-19 Re-Opening
COVID-19 Update - Extivita-RTP REMAINS 5 DAYS/WEEK and continue to serve all of our patients with dive times offered throughout the day. As North Carolina enters Phase 1 of re-opening today, we continue to comply with CDC infection control...
Minimize Loss of Life From COVID-19 with HBOT
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) can destroy harmful bacteria and viruses, while enhancing the body’s natural defenses. We propose HBOT for high risk, early stage COVID-19 patients, recommending this novel use of pressure and oxygen based on its...
Extivita, HBOT, & Covid-19
As you probably know by now, the WHO Director-General has declared the global COVID-19 outbreak to be a pandemic, meaning it is an epidemic which has spread across multiple continents. This page will inform you of the steps Extivita is taking to...
Hyperbaric Application to COVID-19 Pulmonary Infection
In the midst of the corona virus epidemic/pandemic it bears remembering the application of hyperbaric oxygen therapy to the last major pandemic that impacted the United States in 1918, the Spanish Flu Pandemic. Death was primarily by pulmonary...
Legally blind Northstate woman regains her vision through oxygen therapy
When artist, Darcy Wilson's right eye suffered from 1/3 vision loss after a stroke, her Ophthalmologist urgently sent her over to the Mercy Medical Center's Wound, Healing and Hyperbaric Center to immediately start hyperbaric oxygen therapy...
Study Shows Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Protocols Can Improve Cognitive Function in Stroke Patients
One of the largest hyperbaric chamber centers in the world, The Sagol Center for Hyperbaric Medicine and Research at Shamir Medical Center, announced study results which indicate that HBOT (hyperbaric oxygen therapy) produced significant...
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy gets Lincoln CPA back in business for tax season
17 years ago Tom Shotkoski was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. But, when his surgical site became infected, Shotsoski was left with a life of debilitating pain that restricted him from even being able to sit. His doctors recommended Hyperbaric...
Clark Memorial, Purdue to study hyperbaric oxygen therapy for PTSD, traumatic brain injury
Purdue Neurotrauma Group, a Purdue University Research team, has selected Clark Memorial Health in Jeffersonville, IN to participate in a statewide pilot study to research HBOT treatment for veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder...
Recent Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Research
Cognitive enhancement of healthy older adults using hyperbaric oxygen: a randomized controlled trial
Abstract: More than half of community-dwelling individuals sixty years and older express concern about declining cognitive abilities. The current study’s aim was to evaluate hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) effect on cognitive functions in healthy...
Is Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Effective For Treating Autism?
Abstract: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized as a developmental disability caused by abnormalities in brain function. Studies link ASD with various physiological abnormalities, such as cerebral hypoperfusion, oxidative stress,...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for mild traumatic brain injury persistent postconcussion syndrome: a randomized controlled trial
Abstract: Persistent postconcussion syndrome (PPCS) after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is a significant public health and military problem for which there is limited treatment evidence. The aim of this study was to determine whether forty 150...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy improves neurocognitive functions of post-stroke patients – a retrospective analysis.
Abstract: BackgroundPrevious studies have shown that hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) can improve the motor functions and memory of post-stroke patients in the chronic stage. ObjectiveThe aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of HBOT...
VEGF and bFGF induction by nitric oxide is associated with hyperbaric oxygen-induced angiogenesis and muscle regeneration
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) treatment promotes early recovery from muscle injury. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) upregulation is a key mechanism of HBO, which produces high O2 content in tissues through increased dissolution of oxygen at high...
A systematic review and meta-analysis of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for diabetic foot ulcers with arterial insufficiency
Abstract: BackgroundDiabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are frequently associated with peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) and may ultimately lead to amputations of the lower extremity. Adjuvant hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) might foster...
The effect of hyperbaric oxygenation therapy on myocardial function
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygenation therapy is successfully implemented for the treatment of several disorders. Data on the effect of hyperbaric oxygenation on echocardiographic parameters in asymptomatic patients is limited. The current study sought...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the prevention and management of tracheal and oesophageal anastomotic complications
Abstract: OBJECTIVES: Failure of anastomotic healing is a morbid complication after airway or oesophageal surgery. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) has been used extensively in the management of complex wound-healing problems. We demonstrate the...
Is There an Association Between Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Improved Outcome of Deep Chemical Peeling? A Randomized Pilot Clinical Study.
Abstract: Phenol chemical peeling (PCP) treatment is associated with prolonged recovery and sustained adverse events. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is known to accelerate wound healing. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effect...