Abstract: Patients with nonspecific ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease were treated with drug therapy (prednisolone, sulphasalazine, metronidazole per os and hydrocortisone per rectum) and subjected to 12 sessions of HBO. Every 10-14 months the HBO course was...
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Explore the latest research on the use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) to treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Extivita maintains an extensive publication database for Inflammatory Bowel Disease and various other indications with therapies such as Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, Neurofeedback, Nutritional IV Therapy, Infrared Sauna, and Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy. Explore our database on Acne and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy aka, HBOT, below.
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[Hospital applications of hyperbaric oxygenation].
Abstract: Gismondi, Colonna (1991). [Hospital applications of hyperbaric oxygenation]. Minerva anestesiologica, 1991 May;57(5):241-50. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1944953
[Hyperbaric oxygenation as a part of the treatment of chronic ulcerohemorrhagic colitis].
Abstract: 34 patients with chronic ulcerohemorrhagic colitis in exacerbation were treated with hyperbaric oxygenation in addition to the routine therapy. Two chambers model "Dräger" 1000 and 1200 were used. The total course of treatment included 10-12...
Closure of refractory perineal Crohn’s lesion. Integration of hyperbaric oxygen into case management.
Abstract: A case is reported in which a comprehensive program of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO), surgical debridement and reconstruction, and continuing medical management resulted in complete and sustained closure of an extensive perineal Crohn's lesion refractory to...
Healing of severe perineal and cutaneous Crohn’s disease with hyperbaric oxygen.
Abstract: Recurrent perineal Crohn's disease can be an extremely debilitating complication that may be difficult to treat. We report a patient with progressively worsening perineal and biopsy-proven cutaneous Crohn's disease that had been refractory to surgery and...
Extraintestinal manifestations in patients with diverticulitis.
Abstract: Three patients had diverticulitis and extraintestinal manifestations of arthritis and pyoderma gangrenosum. In each, a mistaken diagnosis of idiopathic inflammatory bowel disease was first made because of extraintestinal complaints associated with the...