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
Sensitization of hypoxic tumour cells–clinical experience.
Abstract: There is substantial evidence for the presence of hypoxia in human tumours. This is documented by histopathological demonstration of vascular insufficiency, direct oxygen measurements in tumours, as well as by physiological imaging and...
The chief scientist reports … hyperbaric oxygen for multiple sclerosis patients.
Abstract: An 18-month uncontrolled study of the effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy was conducted in 97 individuals with multiple sclerosis. Two-thirds of the patients were classified as progressive and one-third as stable. Assessment was based...
Cerebral air embolism after transthoracic aspiration with a 0.6 mm (23 gauge) needle.
Abstract: A 54 yr old man experienced weakness in his legs, ataxia and subsequent urinary retention after a percutaneous fine-needle aspiration of a tumor in the right lower lobe. Clinical neurological examination and electroencephalography...
[Surgical treatment of necrotizing fasciitis].
Abstract: We present nine patients with necrotizing fasciitis. Two of them had Fourniers gangrene. Predisposing factors included diabetes mellitus, alcohol and drug abuse. Local signs were redness, swelling and pain rapidly followed by fever and...
Epidemiologic study of sleep disturbances and psychiatric disorders. An opportunity for prevention?
Abstract As part of the National Institute of Mental Health Epidemiologic Catchment Area study, 7954 respondents were questioned at baseline and 1 year later about sleep complaints and psychiatric symptoms using the Diagnostic Interview Schedule....
[Changes in the parameters of external respiration in patients with Bechterew’s disease treated by hyperbaric oxygenation].
Abstract: The method of hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO) has been used in the treatment of the patients with Bechterew's disease at the Clinic of Traumatology, Orthopaedics and Field Surgery of the Kuibyshev Medical Institute since 1980. The changes in...
Healing of severe perineal and cutaneous Crohn’s disease with hyperbaric oxygen.
Abstract: Recurrent perineal Crohn's disease can be an extremely debilitating complication that may be difficult to treat. We report a patient with progressively worsening perineal and biopsy-proven cutaneous Crohn's disease that had been...
Electrotherapy and hyperbaric oxygen: promising treatments for postradiation complications.
Abstract: Electrotherapy and hyperbaric oxygen therapy have been added to physical therapy to treat patients with postsurgery and radiation sequelae. Problems of reduced oral opening and range of head movement, soft tissue necrosis,...
Adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen therapy reduces length of hospitalization in thermal burns.
Abstract: The use of adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen therapy as part of a comprehensive program of burn care at our institution has resulted in a statistically significant reduction in length of hospital stay (p = less than 0.012) with no increase in...