This article reviews the applications of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) as an adjunctive treatment
of certain infectious processes. Infections for which HBO has been studied and is …

Necrotizing soft-tissue infections are rapidly spreading bacterial infections that account for a
relatively small proportion of infections, but are aggressive in nature and nearly uniformly …

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) involves inhalation of 100% oxygen at supra-
atmospheric ambient pressure. HBOT is used as either a primary or adjunctive treatment in …

Hyperbaric oxygen can produce a variety of effects in addition to reducing air and gas
embolism. It increases the killing ability of leukocytes and is lethal to certain anaerobic …

Oxygen Committee of the Undersea and Hyper-baric Medical Society. He provides some of
the ref-erences used by the Committee for the past 12 years not only to avoid abuses but …

Ten years' experience of a Regional Centre for Infectious Diseases in the use of hyperbaric
oxygen in 87 patients have been reviewed. Its efficacy in the treatment of non-infectious …

Abstract Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is a treatment procedure that involves breathing
100% O 2 for a certain time and under a certain pressure. HBOT is commonly administrated …

The physiological effects of hyperbaric oxygen extend beyond the elevation of oxygen
concentration in body tissues, and clinical data is available to support its use in more than …

Preview Two general categories of patients usually improve when adjunctive hyperbaric
oxygen therapy is used: persons with complicated, unhealing wounds and acutely ill …

Background: The utility of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in the treatment of necrotizing
soft tissue infections (NSTIs) has not been proved. Previous studies have been subject to …