OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of protocol-directed recommendations for oxygen therapy implemented by respiratory therapists in skilled nursing facilities. We hypothesized that the use of an oxygen protocol would reduce the number of missing and incomplete orders and unnecessary oxygen use in skilled nursing facilities. METHODS We studied patients who required...

The foot ulcer is one of most common and devastating complications of diabetes and is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. The major causes of these ulcers are ischemia/hypoxia, neuropathy, and infection, and they often coexist. Despite conventional therapy including revascularization procedures when appropriate, three situations lead frequently to amputation: persistent critic...

Diabetes mellitus effects around 10% of the whole population and unhealed diabetic foot ulcer is one most debilitating economically burdensome conditions. This condition commonly seen by different specialists including physicians, orthopaedic surgeons vascular surgeons. We present a case which has been treated in our Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) centre. also review literature with respect t...

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been widely applied and recognized in the treatment of brain injury; however, the correlation between the protective effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy and changes of metabolites in the brain remains unclear. To investigate the effect and potential mechanism of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on cognitive functioning in rats, we established traumatic brain injury models...

PURPOSE This study was to observe the clinical effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy combined with supragingival and subgingival scaling therapy on periodontitis. METHODS The patients with periodontitis were divided randomly into 3 groups, the supragingival and subgingival scaling therapy group, the hyperbaric oxygen therapy group, the hyperbaric oxygen combined with supragingival and subgingi...

Background Chest physiotherapy has been used to clear secretions in pediatrics for many respiratory problems. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of chest physical therapy on full term neonates with primary pneumonia. Materials and Methods Sixty full term neonates admitted to  neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), Minia University, Egypt, during the period from September 2016 to...

The efficacy of long-term oxygen therapy for hypoxemic COPD patients is well established. However, oxygen is expensive and the portability of home oxygen is limited by the weight and bulk of the oxygen source. As a result, there has been a recent surge of interest in creating oxygen-conserving devices and methods. The efficiency of oxygen therapy can be improved over steady flow delivery by foc...

Home oxygen therapy equipment options have increased over the past several decades, in response to innovations in technology, economic pressure from third-party payers, and patient demands. The delivery of oxygen in the home has evolved from packaged gas systems containing 99% United States Pharmacopeia oxygen provided by continuous-flow delivery to intermittent-flow delivery, with oxygen conce...