Hyperbaric Medicine

Hyperbaric Medicine

About

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a medical treatment that uses 100 percent oxygen administered in a pressurized chamber. This treatment provides several benefits to patients and is used to increase oxygen in hypoxic tissues, stimulate new blood vessel growth, decrease inflammation, fight infection, and recruit new stem cells to promote healing of wounded tissues.

Referral diagnosis and indications

Emergent indications (refer immediately)
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  • Carbon monoxide poisoning
  • Necrotizing fasciitis and gas gangrene
  • Decompression injury and arterial gas embolism
  • Central retinal artery occlusion
  • Acute peripheral ischemia
  • Compromised flaps and grafts
  • Severe anemia
Other indications (refer in a timely manner)
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