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 keep up to date on the most recent HBOT News.
Recent Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) News
Prospective assessment of outcomes in 411 patients treated with hyperbaric oxygen for chronic radiation tissue injury.
Abstract: Although hyperbaric oxygen is used to treat chronic radiation tissue injury, clinical evidence supporting its efficacy has been limited to date. The authors report prospectively collected patient outcomes from a single center's large...
Prospective assessment of outcomes in 411 patients treated with hyperbaric oxygen for chronic radiation tissue injury.
Abstract: Although hyperbaric oxygen is used to treat chronic radiation tissue injury, clinical evidence supporting its efficacy has been limited to date. The authors report prospectively collected patient outcomes from a single center's large...
Oxygen sensing, homeostasis, and disease
Abstract [No Abstract Available] Semenza GL. Oxygen sensing, homeostasis, and disease. N Engl J Med. 2011 Aug 11;365(6):537-47. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1011165. Erratum in: N Engl J Med. 2011 Sep 8;365(10):968. PMID: 21830968.
Secondary hyperparathyroidism: Uncommon cause of a leg ulcer.
Abstract: Most leg ulcers are vascular based. Only if vascular therapy fails other causes are considered. We report the case of a female with incapacitating leg ulcers caused by a rare condition which was only diagnosed after failing treatment. The...
Cascade® Autologous System Platelet-Rich Fibrin Matrix in the Treatment of Chronic Leg Ulcers.
Abstract: Lower extremity ulcers (venous, diabetic) are often unresponsive to standard treatment. Various systemic and local cellular, vascular, and anatomical factors can result in nonhealing wounds that are refractory to normal healing processes...
Brief report: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in children with autism spectrum disorder: a clinical trial.
Abstract: We sought to determine whether HBOT leads to parental reported behavioral changes and alterations in cytokines in children with ASD. Ten children completed 80 sessions of HBOT and all improved by 2 points on the clinician-rated CGI-I...
Anterior EEG asymmetry and the Modifier Model of Autism
Abstract Individual differences in the expression of autism complicate research on the nature and treatment of this disorder. In the Modifier Model of Autism (Mundy et al. 2007), we proposed that individual differences in autism may result not only...
Intrathecal sufentanil versus fentanyl for lower limb surgeries – a randomized controlled trial.
Abstract: To compare the efficacy and safety of intrathecal sufentanil or fentanyl as adjuvants to hyperbaric bupivacaine in patients undergoing major orthopaedic lower limb surgeries in terms of onset and duration of sensory block, motor block and...
Impulse magnetic-field therapy for insomnia: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study
Abstract This 4-week double-blind, placebo-controlled study assessed the efficacy of impulse magnetic-field therapy for insomnia. One hundred one patients were randomly assigned to either active treatment (n = 50) or placebo (n = 51) and allocated...