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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Improves Autism

In: Health News| Hyperbaric Medicine

17 Nov 2009

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, already used for the treatment of the bends, carbon monoxide poisoning and a variety of other conditions, may lead to improvement in autistic patients, according to a study conducted by physician Daniel Rossignol and published in the British Medical Journal.
“These findings confirm what we are seeing in clinical practice — that many [...]

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy 101

In: Hyperbaric Medicine

19 Feb 2009

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is a high-dose oxygen inhalation therapy that is achieved by having the patient breathe 100% oxygen inside a pressurized hyperbaric chamber. The delivery of oxygen to the tissues occurs through respiration because the patient absorbs insufficient oxygen through the skin.

Ins and Outs of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

In: Hyperbaric Medicine

19 Feb 2009

History
In the 17th century bridge construction demanded workers dive to great underwater depths with the introduction of caissons (a chamber, usually of steel but sometimes of wood or reinforced concrete, used in the construction of foundations or piers in or near a body of water). The air in the chamber is kept under pressure [...]

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

In: Hyperbaric Medicine

19 Feb 2009

The use of increased atmosphere pressure for medical therapy has intrigued many physicians, scientists, and lay persons for hundreds of years. Vague accounts of increased atmosphere pressures used on humans date to the fifth century BC. Henshaw, a British clergyman, built the first sealed chamber, termed the Domicilium, in 1662. This chamber compressed air (21% [...]

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Defined

In: Hyperbaric Medicine

18 Feb 2009

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Defined
Hyper” means increased and “baric” relates to pressure. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) thus refers to intermittent treatment of the entire body with 100-percent oxygen at greater than normal atmospheric pressures. The earth’s atmosphere normally exerts approximately 15 pounds per square inch of pressure at sea level. That pressure is defined as one [...]

Hyperbaric Medicine

In: Hyperbaric Medicine| Oxygen News

18 Feb 2009

Therapeutic principles
Several therapeutic principles are made use of in HBOT:
* The increased overall pressure is of therapeutic value when HBOT is used in the treatment of decompression sickness and air embolism.
* For many other conditions, the therapeutic principle of HBOT lies in a drastically increased partial pressure of oxygen in the tissues of the body. [...]


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