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
Vestibulo-ocular reflex in migraine patients: the effect of sodium valproate.
Abstract: We studied vestibulo-ocular reflex measurements in a group of 12 patients suffering from migraine without aura and evaluated the effect of sodium valproate given as prophylactic migraine therapy. The study was randomized, double blind and...
[Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis following steroid treatment in a nephrotic syndrome patient: report of a case].
Abstract: Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis (PCI) is a relatively rare, benign condition characterized by multiple subserosal or submucosal gas-filled cysts in the bowel wall. The cause and incidence of PCI are uncertain, but the condition is most...
[Scuba diving: barotrauma, decompression sickness, pulmonary contra-indications].
Abstract: The practice of scuba diving is associated with two specific medical problems: barotrauma directly related to changes in ambient pressure, and decompression sickness related to the uptake and the release of inert gases by the body....
[Scuba diving: barotrauma, decompression sickness, pulmonary contra-indications].
Abstract: The practice of scuba diving is associated with two specific medical problems: barotrauma directly related to changes in ambient pressure, and decompression sickness related to the uptake and the release of inert gases by the body....
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy adjunctive to mild hypertensive hypervolemia for symptomatic vasospasm.
Abstract: The efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy was evaluated retrospectively in 43 patients who developed symptomatic vasospasm following acute aneurysm surgery. HBO therapy was given as an adjunct to mild hypertensive hypervolemia in 24...
[Effects of hyperbaric oxygenation on external respiration function and lipid peroxidation in healthy persons and patients with chronic bronchitis].
Abstract: Efuni, Ashurova, Kozlova, Sukhova, Cherednichenko, , , , (). [Effects of hyperbaric oxygenation on external respiration function and lipid peroxidation in healthy persons and patients with chronic bronchitis]. Anesteziologiia i...
The diabetic foot: evolving technologies.
Abstract: Diabetic malperforans ulcers are extremely challenging problems, and their treatment requires a multidisciplinary approach. The wound management technique is based on the depth of ulceration; necrosis and infection should be aggressively...
[Assessment of the activity of choline acetyltransferase in heart tissues].
Abstract: A procedure is described for the radioisotope assay of acetylcholine transferase activity (EC 2.3.1.6), which involved specific synthesis of acetylcholine in vivo. Bromine acetylcholine was used as an inhibitor of the enzyme; 14C-AcCoA...
Clinical features and therapy of "typical" and "atypical" bronchial carcinoid tumors (grade 1 and grade 2 neuroendocrine carcinoma).
Abstract: Between 1971 and 1992, 55 patients with grade 1 (G1) (n = 32) or grade 2 (G2) (n = 23) neuroendocrine bronchial carcinomas (males: 26, females: 29; mean age: 47.7 years, range: 13-77 years) were treated. The sexes were evenly distributed...