Few topics in diabetic wound management generate as much "heated" discussion as hyperbaric oxygen (HBO). Hyperbaric oxygen is an intermittent inhalation therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen at greater than 1 atm of pressure. This requires placement of the patient into a sealed vessel (chamber) which is capable of withstanding pressurization. This article discusses the role of HBO as an ...

CLINICAL interest in hyperbaric oxygenation is recent, buit scientific curiosity abouit high-pressuire environment dates back to ancient times. Alexander the Great of Macedoinia was the earliest hyperbaric investigator of whom we have recorded evidence.' 2 He suirveyed the ocean depths in a glass and animal skin diving-bell (fig. 1). Among his most remarkable observations was a fish of such ext...

This paper introduces a system which can monitor multi-physiological parameters in the hyperbaric oxygen chamber. The monitoring system was designed as a star wireless sensor network and the system’s transmission protocol based on the IEEE802.15.4 were programmed. The signals can be collected with the sensor network working under network synchronization. The system can be used to monitor physio...

The purpose of this study was to compare the therapeutic effects of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) to the effects of prednisone treatment in 79 subjects with Bell's palsy. Patients were randomly assigned either to the HBO2-treated group (n = 42) or to the prednisone-treated group (n = 37). The HBO2 group was exposed to 2.8 atm abs of 100% oxygen for 60 min, twice a day, 5 days a week and was given a ...

POST-ABORTAL and puerperal infection due to Clostridial organisms have been reported periodically ever since H. M. Little's paper appeared in 1905. Hyperbaric oxygen has been proved to be of great therapeutic value in Clostridial infections (Brummelkamp, Boerema and Hoogendyk, 1963; Brummelkamp, 1964, 1965) but we feel that its use for uterine infections has not been sufficiently emphasised. Si...

POST-ABORTAL and puerperal infection due to Clostridial organisms have been reported periodically ever since H. M. Little's paper appeared in 1905. Hyperbaric oxygen has been proved to be of great therapeutic value in Clostridial infections (Brummelkamp, Boerema and Hoogendyk, 1963; Brummelkamp, 1964, 1965) but we feel that its use for uterine infections has not been sufficiently emphasised. Si...

Air-activated chemical warming devices use an exothermic chemical reaction of rapidly oxidizing iron to generate heat for therapeutic purposes. Placing these products in a hyperbaric oxygen environment greatly increases the supply of oxidant and thus increases the rate of reaction and maximum temperature. Testing for auto-ignition and maximum temperatures attained by ThermaCare Heat Wraps, Play...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of a portable hyperbaric chamber for treatment of acute mountain sickness. DESIGN Controlled randomised trial over two mountaineering seasons. SETTING High altitude research laboratory at 4559 m above sea level. SUBJECTS 64 climbers with acute mountain sickness randomly allocated to different treatments. INTERVENTIONS One hour of treatment ...