Hypoxia and hyperbaric oxygen therapy: a review

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in acute ischemic stroke: a review.

Stroke, also known as cerebrovascular disease, is a common and serious neurological disease, which is also the fourth leading cause of death in the United States so far. Hyperbaric medicine, as an emerging interdisciplinary subject, has been applied in the treatment of cerebral vascular diseases since the 1960s. Now it is widely used to treat a variety of clinical disorders, especially hypoxia-...

A Review of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Avascular Necrosis

Avascular necrosis (AN) is the death of trabecular bone and marrow, and is primarily observed in femur head. The pathogenesis is believed to be caused by the ischemia that occurs with the deterioration of micro-circulation in the femoral head.17 The annual US incidence of AN is between 10,000 and 15,000. The disease most commonly emerges in young adults, with an average age of 38 years. Prognos...

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is emerging in veterinary medicine as an effective treatment or adjunct therapy for a variety of disorders in which improving oxygen delivery to tissues is a priority. The primary mechanisms of action of HBOT are (1) immediate hyperoxygenation of plasma and tissues and (2) decreased gas bubble (air embolus) size. With each hyperbaric 'dive,' secondary physiologi...

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

The author describes the history of and potential medical uses for hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy, a useful adjunct to more established therapies.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.