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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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Neuman, Tom S., Thom, Stephen R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Philadelphia : Saunders/Elsevier, ©2008.
Series:ClinicalKey.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.