Burns

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Research for Burns.

Myonecrosis in carbon monoxide poisoning.

Abstract: Myonecrosis is an unusual sequelae to carbon monoxide poisoning with only 16 cases having been reported in the English-language literature. At the University of Illinois Hospital, we encountered a 25-year-old fire academy student who presented to our...

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Mechanisms of hyperbaric bradycardia.

Abstract: Relative bradycardias have been reported to occur in humans both at rest and during exercise under a variety of hyperbaric conditions. Review of existing data reveals that there are two major mechanisms operating: one depends on hyperoxia and the other does...

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Smoke inhalation injury.

Abstract: , , , , , , , , (1988). Smoke inhalation injury. Postgraduate medicine, 1988 Jan;83(1):47,50. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3336614

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Primary blast injuries.

Abstract: Injury from explosion may be due to the direct cussive effect of the blast wave (primary), being struck by material propelled by the blast (secondary), to whole-body displacement and impact (tertiary), or to miscellaneous effects from burns, toxic acids, and...

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Hyperbaric oxygen treatment of toxic epidermal necrolysis.

Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen, useful in treating patients with extensive burns, was used alone in the treatment of three patients with drug-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis. These conditions, although they have different causes, result in a similar biological state...

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