Hyperbaric Oxygen Induces Late Neuroplasticity in Post Stroke Patients – Randomized, Prospective Trial

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), Stroke Recovery

Recovery after stroke correlates with non-active (stunned) brain regions, which may persist for years. The current study aimed to evaluate whether increasing the level of dissolved oxygen by Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) could activate neuroplasticity in patients with chronic neurologic deficiencies due to stroke. A prospective, randomized, controlled trial including 74 patients (15 were excluded).…

Cystatin C Is a Crucial Endogenous Protective Determinant Against Stroke

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), Stroke Recovery

Endogenous neuroprotection can be induced by ischemic and nonischemic preconditioning. However, not all subjects that undergo preconditioning exhibit similar favorable outcome. This study is to explore the molecules responsible for this phenomenon and find new therapeutic targets for stroke. Adult male Sprague–Dawley rats were subjected to transient middle cerebral artery occlusion. High-throughput proteomic technique, isobaric…

Long course hyperbaric oxygen stimulates neurogenesis and attenuates inflammation after ischemic stroke

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), Stroke Recovery

Several studies have provided evidence with regard to the neuroprotection benefits of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy in cases of stroke, and HBO also promotes bone marrow stem cells (BMSCs) proliferation and mobilization. This study investigates the influence of HBO therapy on the migration of BMSCs, neurogenesis, gliosis, and inflammation after stroke. Rats that sustained transient…

Is There an Association Between Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Improved Outcome of Deep Chemical Peeling? A Randomized Pilot Clinical Study

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), Surgical Recovery

Phenol chemical peeling (PCP) treatment is associated with prolonged recovery and sustained adverse events. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is known to accelerate wound healing. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effect of HBOT on PCP recovery period and adverse events. This was a pilot randomized controlled clinical study. Women following PCP…

Treatment of post-anesthesia dementia with peri-spinal etanercept injection and hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), Surgical Recovery

This article reviews the first case of successful treatment for post-anesthesia dementia with peri-spinal etanercept injection combined with hyperbaric oxygen therapy. The patient was a 77-year-old Caucasian man of Mexican ethnicity who presented to clinic 4.5 years after a knee replacement surgery. Immediately post-surgery, the patient began to show dramatic cognitive, physical, and emotional impairment…

Treatment of post-anesthesia dementia with peri-spinal etanercept injection and hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), Surgical Recovery

This article reviews the first case of successful treatment for post-anesthesia dementia with peri-spinal etanercept injection combined with hyperbaric oxygen therapy. The patient was a 77-year-old Caucasian man of Mexican ethnicity who presented to clinic 4.5 years after a knee replacement surgery. Immediately post-surgery, the patient began to show dramatic cognitive, physical, and emotional impairment…

The Treatment of Perioperative Spinal Cord Injury With Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), Surgical Recovery

This study describes a potential novel application of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in the successful treatment of a postoperative spinal cord injury. A 68-year-old man presented with an acute spinal cord injury (ASIA impairment scale D), on the background of degenerative lower thoracic and lumbar canal stenosis. He underwent emergent decompression and instrumented fusion (T9–L5),…

Can preventive hyperbaric oxygen therapy optimise surgical outcome?

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), Surgical Recovery

A systematic review of randomised controlled trials adddressed whether a primary underlying cause of postoperative complications is related to the surgical stress response, which may be mitigated by hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), the intermittent administration of oxygen at a pressure higher than the atmospheric pressure at sea level. Promising clinical studies have emerged suggesting HBOT’s…

The Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen on Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Pilot Study

Arthritis, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)

This case series pilot study assessed the effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO2) for treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Ten RA subjects received 30 HBO2 treatments over 6 to 10 weeks. Serial rheumatologic evaluations (ie, the Disease Activity Scale [DAS28], the Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data 3, and the Pain and Sleep Quality Questionnaire) were…

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Can Improve Post Concussion Syndrome Years after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury – Randomized Prospective Trial

Brain Injury/TBI, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the leading cause of death and disability in the US. Approximately 70-90% of the TBI cases are classified as mild, and up to 25% of them will not recover and suffer chronic neurocognitive impairments. The main pathology in these cases involves diffuse brain injuries, which are hard to detect by…