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What is Hyperbaric Oxygen (hbo) Therapy
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is administering 100% oxygen under increased atmospheric
pressure in a hyperbaric chamber. The increased atmospheric pressure leads to
increased oxygen absorption into the patient’s bloodstream, which is then carried to
the patient’s wound.
One of the most significant benefits is the improvement in healing of certain
hypoxic wounds. Exposure to hyperbaric oxygen improves collagen synthesis
by fibroblasts and stimulates angiogenesis. Although all of the underlying mechanisms
have not been fully explained, the benefits of therapy in properly selected patients
can be significant.
 What Can hbo Treat?
The following are approved uses of hyperbaric oxygen therapy as defined by the Hyperbaric
Oxygen Therapy Committee.
- Air or Gas Embolism
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Clostridal Myositis and Myonecrosis (Gas Gangrene)
- Crush Injury, Compartment Syndrome, and other Acute Traumatic Ischemias
- Decompression Sickness
- Enhancement of Healing in Selected Problem Wounds
- Exceptional Blood Loss (Anemia)
- Intracranial Abscess
- Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
- Osteomyelitis (Refractory)
- Delayed Radiation Injury (Soft Tissue and Bony Necrosis)
- Skin Grafts & Flaps (Compromised)
- Thermal Burns
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