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
Abnormal EEG lateralization in boys with autism
Abstract Objective: Functional brain abnormalities associated with autism in 3-8-year-old boys were studied with EEG recorded under controlled experimental condition of sustained visual attention and behavioral stillness. Methods: EEG was recorded...
The effect of oxygen therapy on brain damage and cerebral pO(2) in transient focal cerebral ischemia in the rat.
Abstract: We examined the effect of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) and normobaric oxygen (NBO) on neurologic damage and brain oxygenation before and after focal cerebral ischemia in rats. A middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO)/reperfusion rat model was...
Autologous bone marrow transplantation and hyperbaric oxygen therapy for patients with thromboangiitis obliterans.
Abstract: Many patients suffering from severe ischemic limb disease inevitably experience amputation, despite intensive therapies. Sympathectomy and hyperbaric oxygen therapy are optional therapies for patients with peripheral circulation...
Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold
Abstract Background: The role of vitamin C (ascorbic acid) in the prevention and treatment of the common cold has been a subject of controversy for 60 years, but is widely sold and used as both a preventive and therapeutic agent. Objectives: To...
The effect of oxygenation on the biological behaviour of tumours.
Malignant tumours often display hypoxic tissue areas where the oxygen tension is < 7 mm Hg. Studies in this field have proved that the hypoxic state boosts tumour progression and aggressive behaviour. In tissue culture experiments "in vitro" oxygenation was found to inhibit in itself the proliferation of cells of healthy tissues as well as benign and malignant tumours. It is a very important observation from oncotherapeutic point of view that in the presence of partial oxygen pressure < 2.5 mm Hg the radiosensitivity decreases (intrinsic radioresistance). Most of the anticancer drugs (cytostatics) are also ineffective in hypoxic tumours (chemoresistance).
Development of underwater and hyperbaric medicine in Malaysia.
Abstract: Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine is a treatment modality gaining recognition in Malaysia. It uses the hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) approach where patients are placed in recompression chambers and subjected to oxygen therapy under...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy mediates increased nitric oxide production associated with wound healing: a preliminary study.
Abstract: The objective of this preliminary study was to document general somatic and wound nitric oxide (NO) levels during and after hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). The study evaluated 6 chronic wound patients that responded favorably to HBOT...
Bioengineered alternative tissues and hyperbaric oxygen in lower extremity wound healing.
Abstract: With the advent and clinical application of recombinant chemical and cellular mediators of wound healing and a better understanding of the importance of serial debridement, most foot wounds can be healed with little morbidity. Despite...
Osteoradionecrosis of external auditory canal in nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
Abstract: Osteoradionecrosis (ORN) is one of the most serious complications of radiotherapy of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). ORN rarely occurs in the external auditory canal. This is a retrospective review of 11 NPC patients who had ORN in the...