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
[Severe lightning pain during spinal anesthesia in a patient with diabetic neuropathy].
Abstract: A 71-year-old woman with diabetic neuropathy who had undergone amputation of the right lower leg for diabetic gangrene 4 years previously, experienced severe lightning pain in both legs during spinal anesthesia. She was scheduled for skin...
Systemic hyperbaric oxygen therapy: lower-extremity wound healing and the diabetic foot.
Abstract: To document peer-reviewed medical publications that have reported on hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy as an adjunct to standard lower-extremity wound care, focusing on publications dealing with the diabetic foot. A review of the medical...
Neurological accidents caused by repetitive breath-hold dives: two case reports.
Abstract: We report two Japanese male professional breath-hold divers (33 and 39 years of age) who experienced neurological disorders during repetitive dives to over 20 m of seawater. One patient had right homonymous hemianopsia, and the other...
Effects of hyperbaric oxygen on ventricular performance, pulmonary blood volume, and systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance.
Abstract: The cardiovascular effects of hyperbaric (3 atm abs) air, 100% oxygen, and hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) at 3 atm abs were investigated in 13 pentobarbital-anesthetized dogs. We measured heart rate, arterial pressure, pulmonary artery...
Do new strategies in meningococcemia produce better outcomes?
Abstract: Meningococcal septic shock (MSS) has high mortality and morbidity rates. In addition to the traditional prompt antibiotics and respiratory and circulatory support, new treatment strategies have been proposed. Immunotherapy, such as...
[Diagnostic image (2). (Gas gangrene of diabetic foot)].
Abstract: A 63-year-old woman with diabetes mellitus type 2 and an ulcer on the foot developed gas gangrene and was treated with antibiotics and surgical excision. She died before she could be treated with hyperbaric oxygen. van der Meer, , , , , ,...
MRI of radiation myelitis: a report of a case treated with hyperbaric oxygen.
Abstract: Radiation therapy is commonly applied as a primary or adjuvant therapy for malignancies. One of the major complications following radiation therapy is the necrosis of the otherwise normal surrounding soft tissues and/or bone....
[The treatment of concussion and contusion injuries to the organ of hearing].
Abstract: Gorbunov, , , , , , , , (2000). [The treatment of concussion and contusion injuries to the organ of hearing]. Voenno-meditsinskii zhurnal, 2000 Aug;321(8):34-5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10998991
[Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO): current standing].
Abstract: For more than thirty years hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) has been an important and ultimate therapeutic tool in special indications. Hyperbaric oxygen improves tissue oxygenation, stimulates important mechanisms in wound healing and...