Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) Research for Chronic Heart Failure.
Abstract: Pulmonary barotrauma-induced cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE) continues to complicate compressed gas diving activities. Inadequate lung ventilation secondary to inadvertent breath holding or rapid buoyant ascent can quickly generate a critical state of...
Abstract: We report three cases of pulmonary edema associated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy, including one fatality. All three patients had cardiac disease and reduced left ventricular (LV) ejection fractions (EFs). Two patients had diabetes, and one patient had...
Abstract: The authors of the article consider the issue of employment of some treatment options for the grave forms of diphtheria and complications thereof in adult subjects to be a matter of debate and they report their experience gained with the use of rarely...
Abstract: Gas exchange values were studied in 94 patients with complicated myocardial infarction. The degree of hypoxia correlated with the severity of complications during the acute stage of disease, which coincided with disorders in the myocardial contractile...
Abstract: Ischemia-reperfusion injury is a major complication occurring in heart stroke, cardiopulmonary bypass surgeries, and heart transplantation. Reactive oxygen species generated during the reperfusion phase overwhelm the scavenging capacities of antioxidant...
Abstract: Ruptures of the tracheobronchial tree present a life-threatening situation. Nevertheless, therapy is still controversial. Though conservative treatment by antibiotics and intubation with the cuff inflated distal to the tear is favored by some authors,...
Abstract: This retrospective chart review study aimed to evaluate whether a more aggressive staged approach can reduce morbidity and mortality following post-cardiotomy deep sternal wound infection. Between 1979 and 2000, 14620 patients underwent open heart surgery:...
Abstract: Nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) is a transcription factor that upregulates adhesion molecules ICAM-1, VCAM-1, and ELAM-1. We hypothesized the use of ex vivo pressure-mediated delivery of transcription factor decoys (TFD) to NF-kappaB binding sites would...
Abstract: The cardiovascular effects of hyperbaric (3 atm abs) air, 100% oxygen, and hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) at 3 atm abs were investigated in 13 pentobarbital-anesthetized dogs. We measured heart rate, arterial pressure, pulmonary artery pressure, right atrial...