Despite improvements in the supportive management of severe acute pancreatitis over the
last decade, the morbidity and mortality rate remains high. The main feature of this condition …

Severe acute pancreatitis is characterized by pancreatic necrosis, resulting in local and
systemic inflammation. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy modulates inflammation, but has …

INTRODUCTION—Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) serves as primary or adjunctive therapy for a
diverse range of medical conditions (table 1)[1-5]. In the United States, there are several …

Background: To extract from the biomedical published reports, the effects of hyperbaric
oxygen (HBO) on inflammatory disease, in particular acute pancreatitis. This review will …

Objective: Heatstroke is characterized by hyperthermia, vasoplegic shock, and cerebral
ischemia and hypoxia. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) has been shown to reduce brain ischemia …

230 Hyperbaric oxygenation for resuscitation and therapy of elderly patients with cerebral and
cardio-respiratory dysfunction Ge Page 1 230 Hyperbaric oxygenation for resuscitation and …

Objective To evaluate the effects of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy on the coagulation
cascade using an experimental model of multiple organ failure syndrome (MOFS). Design …

Exhaled nitric oxide (eNO) detects airway inflammation. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT)
is used for tissue hypoxia, but can cause lung damage. We measured eNO following …

In this issue of Intensive Care Medicine, Dr. Imperatore and coworkers [1] present their data
on the beneficial effects of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) in a rat model of systemic inflammatory …

In this study we determined whether exposing mice to hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) would alter
various disease parameters of a susceptible mouse strain infected with Leishmania …