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
Continuous multiparametric monitoring of brain activities following fluid-percussion injury in rats: preliminary results.
Abstract: Severe head injury can result in a high mortality rate or irreversible brain damage. One technique used to induce traumatic brain injury (TBI) is exposure of the brain to fluid percussion pressure while monitoring the increase in...
Transient radicular irritation followed by meningitis after spinal anesthesia.
Abstract: Neurotoxicity of spinally administered hyperbaric 5% lidocaine is becoming a serious concern in view of the recent literature. We report a case of probable neurotoxicity of hyperbaric 5% lidocaine, followed by an aseptic meningitis. This...
A comparison of the haemodynamic effects of intrathecal meperidine, meperidine-bupivacaine mixture and hyperbaric bupivacaine.
Abstract: To study the haemodynamic effects of intrathecal meperidine, administered either alone or mixed with bupivacaine. We studied 42 Chinese patients, aged 59-87 yr, scheduled for transurethral bladder or prostate surgery, randomized into...
[Anaerobic infection in abdominal surgery].
Abstract: The etiological pattern of non-clostridial anaerobic infection, its natural history and drug therapy in patients with its various types were studied and analyzed at the Surgery Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences....
[Acute cervical necrotizing fasciitis of pharyngeal origin: possible role of steroidal and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents. Apropos of 5 cases].
Abstract: Within 20 cases of cervical acute necrotizing fasciitis treated in the intensive care unit and hyperbaric oxygen therapy department between 1986 and 1995, the authors report five cases of pharyngeal origin. 4 have been initially treated...
Hyperbaric oxygen and the reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome: a case report.
Abstract: A patient suffering from acute smoke inhalation also had a long medical history that included reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome of the left foot and ankle. The entire foot and ankle were tender and cool to palpation; range of motion...
Hyperbaric lidocaine spinal anesthesia: do we need an alternative?
Abstract: Carpenter, , , , , , , , (1995). Hyperbaric lidocaine spinal anesthesia: do we need an alternative? Anesthesia and analgesia, 1995 Dec;81(6):1125-8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7486092
Transient neurologic symptoms after spinal anesthesia.
Abstract: We recently reported several cases consistent with transient radicular irritation after spinal anesthesia with hyperbaric 5% lidocaine. The present prospective, blind, nonrandomized study was performed to determine the incidence of these...
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[Systemic sclerosis with various gastrointestinal problems including pneumoperitoneum, pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis and malabsorption syndrome].
Abstract: We describe here an experience of successful treatment of systemic sclerosis (SSc) complicated with various gastrointestinal (GI) problems including pneumoperitoneum, pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis and malabsorption syndrome. A...