Physiology and medicine of hyperbaric oxygen therapy /
Written by internationally recognized leaders in hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) research and practice, this exciting new book provides evidence-based, practical, useful information for anyone involved in HBOT. It outlines the physiologic principles that constitute the basis for understanding the c...
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| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
Saunders/Elsevier,
©2008.
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| Series: | ClinicalKey.
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Table of Contents:
- History of hyperbaric therapy
- Monoplace hyperbaric chambers
- Multiplace hyperbaric chambers
- The physics of hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- Clearance to dive and fitness for work
- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in newborn infants and pediatric patients
- Critical care of patients needing hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- Pulmonary gas exchange, oxygen transport, and tissue oxygenation
- Ischemia-reperfusion injury and hyperbaric oxygen therapy: basic mechanisms and clinical studies
- Pressure effects on human physiology
- Oxygen and the basic mechanisms of wound healing
- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for delayed radiation injuries
- Gas embolism: venous and arterial gas embolism
- Decompression sickness
- Carbon monoxide pathophysiology and treatment
- Management of chronic wounds
- Compromised grafts and flaps
- Clostridial myositis, necrotizing fasciitis, and zygomycotic infections
- Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in chronic osteomyelitis
- Crush injuries: justification of and indication for hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- Evidence and hyperbaric oxygen therapy: summarizing the literature and a review of some unconventional indications
- Effects of pressure
- Oxygen toxicity
- Ocular complication in hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- Cardiovascular aspects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- Contraindications to hyperbaric oxygen therapy.