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

Brown recluse spider bite to the eyelid.

Abstract: To present a photographically documented case of a known brown recluse spider bite to the eyelid. Interventional case report. The wound was photographed daily during an 11-day hospitalization and at 1 month and 6 months after the injury....

[Necrotizing soft tissue infection].

Abstract: The dramatic course of necrotizing soft tissue infection represents a medical emergency, since it is limb- and life-threatening. Most necrotizing soft tissue infections are caused by mixed aerobic and anaerobic Gram-negative and...

Impact of anemia in patients with head and neck cancer.

Abstract: Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, which is comprised of a heterogeneous group of tumors arising from the epithelial lining of the oral cavity, pharynx, and larynx, is a locoregional disease. Tumor hypoxia and anemia are known to...

Pharmacotherapy of lower limb diabetic ulcers.

Abstract: To discuss the pathophysiology, microbiology, and pharmacotherapy of lower extremity (LE) diabetic ulcers. A MEDLINE search from 1966 to April 1999 was conducted. The search was limited to humans and English-language journals. Key search...