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
Simultaneous coronary and cerebral air embolism after CT-guided core needle biopsy of the lung.
Abstract: An air embolism in the arterial system is a rare but serious sequela of lung biopsy. We describe the case of a patient who presented with acute cardiac and cerebral air embolism, including simultaneous acute ST-segment elevation...
Neurofeedback improves executive functioning in children with autism spectrum disorders
Abstract Seven autistic children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) received a neurofeedback treatment that aimed to improve their level of executive control. Neurofeedback successfully reduced children's heightened theta/beta ratio by...
Hyperbaric treatment for children with autism: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, controlled trial.
Several uncontrolled studies of hyperbaric treatment in children with autism have reported clinical improvements; however, this treatment has not been evaluated to date with a controlled study. We performed a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, controlled trial to assess the efficacy of hyperbaric treatment in children with autism. 62 children with autism recruited from 6 centers, ages 2-7 years (mean 4.92 +/- 1.21), were randomly assigned to 40 hourly treatments of either hyperbaric treatment at 1.3 atmosphere (atm) and 24% oxygen (“treatment group”, n = 33) or slightly pressurized room air at 1.03 atm and 21% oxygen (“control group”, n = 29). Outcome measures included Clinical Global Impression (CGI) scale, Aberrant Behavior Checklist (ABC), and Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC).
[Influence of hyperbaric oxygen treatment on neural plasticity in experimental rats].
Abstract: To explore the influence of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) treatment on neural plasticity and it's mechanism in experimental rats with cerebral ischemia. Ninety-healthy male adult Sprague-Dawley rats (3 to approximately 4 month old) were...
Treatment of diabetic foot infection with hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Abstract: This study was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in the treatment of the infected diabetic foot. Forty-two patients with 44 infected diabetic feet receiving HBOT were divided into two groups. One...
Risk factors and treatment outcome in scuba divers with spinal cord decompression sickness.
Abstract: This study was designed to determine the recompression strategy and the potential risk factors associated with the development of severe diving-related spinal cord decompression sickness (DCS). Sixty-three injured recreational divers (52...
[New development in bisphosphonate treatment. Bisphosphonate therapy and osteonecrosis of the jaws].
Abstract: Bisphosphonates (BP) have clinically been used as a highly effective drug in the treatment of hypercalcemia of malignancy, multiple myeloma, skeletal events associated with metastatic breast cancer and prostate cancer, and osteoporosis....
Treatment of patients burdened with lipophilic toxicants: A randomized controlled trial
Abstract Objective: Currently available medical treatment options for patients with environmentally related diseases and objective toxic burden have not been shown to be effective in therapeutic studies according to stringent methodological...
Vacuum-assisted closure therapy in the management of head and neck wounds.
Abstract: The wound vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) has been used in many areas of surgery to promote healing and facilitate secondary reconstruction. Until recently, this treatment modality was overlooked in the otolaryngology literature, and the...