Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in non-fatal drowning.

Paroxysmal autonomic instability syndrome with dystonia (PAISD) is a possible complication that worsens the prognosis of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy related to non-fatal drowning. There are case reports of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) therapy enhancing recovery in such cases. We report a case of a 5-year-old boy admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit after a non-fatal drowning.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Retinal Arterial Occlusion: Epidemiology, Clinical Approach, and Visual Outcomes.

Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in patients with acute retinal artery occlusion (RAO). Secondarily, to analyse the epidemiology and the clinical approach.

Methods: Retrospective study of 13 patients submitted to HBOT between 2013 and 2018.

Seizure frequency in more than 180,000 treatment sessions with hyperbaric oxygen therapy - a single centre 20-year analysis.

Introduction: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) involves the risk of central nervous system oxygen toxicity (CNS-OT), including seizures in patients breathing oxygen at pressures ≥ 2 atmospheres absolute. This study aimed to determine the seizure frequency and assess the clinical benefit of a 5-minute air-break (5´-AIRBK).

Methods: Twenty-year (1999-2018) retrospective analysis of all consecutive treatments with HBOT.

Malignant (necrotizing) externa otitis: the experience of a single hyperbaric centre.

Introduction: Malignant otitis externa (MOE) is a potentially life-threatening infection of the soft tissues of the external ear, quickly spreading to involve the periosteum and bone of the skull base. Treatment includes antibiotics and eventually surgery. Hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBOT) has been proposed as an adjunctive therapy.

Stage III Kienböck's disease treated with hyperbaric oxygen: the role of an unusual approach to a rare condition.

Kienböck's disease is a rare condition characterised by avascular necrosis of the lunate bone. Its natural history and aetiopathogenesis have not yet been clarified, nor are its triggering factors identified. We present a case of a 17-year-old male gymnast, without relevant medical/family history, with stage IIIA Kienböck's disease diagnosed in 2016.

New perspectives on the conservative management of osteoradionecrosis of the mandible: A literature review.

Over the last decades, several therapeutic options were considered in the treatment of the osteoradionecrosis (ORN) of the mandible, including supportive measures, ultrasound therapy, corticosteroids, hyperbaric oxygen, surgical resection with reconstruction, and, more recently, drugs capable of reversing the fibroatrophic process. Once established, the ORN does not spontaneously disappear and a standard treatment has not yet been defined. The clear clinical effectiveness of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) varies according to the literature and there are some economic/logistic issues to be considered; the triplet tocopherol/pentoxifylline/clodronate demands greater evidence from randomized clinical trials and also resilience from the patient, given the long treatment duration and its possible side effects.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for the Treatment of Fournier's Gangrene: A Review of 34 Cases.

Introduction: Fournier's gangrene is a serious necrotizing infection that can be fatal if not promptly attended. Treatment for this condition consists of a combination of surgical debridement, antibiotherapy and supportive care. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is used as an adjuvant for the optimization of infected tissue oxygenation and for its bactericidal and bacteriostatic effects.

[Pneumatosis Coli Treated with Metronidazole and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: A Successful Case].

Pneumatosis intestinalis, characterized by the presence of gas within the bowel wall, is an uncommon condition with variable presentation. It may be idiopathic or secondary to other diseases. A computed tomography scan is the most sensitive method for diagnosis.