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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-8-30
pubmed:abstractText
Compressed air, and more recently hyperbaric oxygen, have been used and misused in medical treatment for more than 300 years. Advances in physiology have led to rational protocols for hyperbaric oxygen use. Hyperbaric oxygen will enhance wound healing by fibroblast and capillary proliferation, suppress infection, reduce edema, reverse CNS damage from carbon monoxide and cyanide poisoning, and reduce clostridial alpha toxins. Monoplace and multiplace chambers are used for treatment during which EKG and oxygen tissue monitoring, as well as hemodynamic and respiratory support, can be continued, iatrogenic air embolism and diving decompression sickness demand immediate treatment. Investigative uses of adjunct therapy for several other clinical problems include treatment of MS, acute spinal cord injuries, and acute MI. Specific indications agreed on by the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society are recognized by most third-party payers including Medicare, Champus, and HMSA. Hyperbaric medicine remains a fertile area for basic physiologic investigation and outcomes research.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0017-8594
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
53
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
112-5, 119
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Baromedicine today--rational uses of hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Physiology, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Straub Clinic and Hospital, Inc.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review