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Review
. 2021 Jan-Mar;11(1):30-33.
doi: 10.4103/2045-9912.310057.

Therapeutic effects of hyperbaric oxygen: integrated review

Suman Sen  1 , Sheuli Sen  2
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Review

Therapeutic effects of hyperbaric oxygen: integrated review

Suman Sen et al. Med Gas Res. 2021 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy refers to inhalation of pure oxygen in a closed chamber. Hyperbaric oxygen has a therapeutic effect in numerous pathological conditions, such as decompression sickness, arterial gas embolism, carbon monoxide poisoning and smoke inhalation, osteomylitis, osteoradionecrosis and wound healing. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is used for treating underlying hypoxia. This review indicates the action of hyperbaric oxygen on biochemical and various physiological changes in cellular level. Narrative review covers the current indications and contraindications of hyperbaric oxygen therapy. The review also focuses on the therapeutic effects of hyperbaric oxygen pretreatment and precondition in different pathological conditions. The complications and side effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy are discussed.

Keywords: carbon monoxide poisoning; decompression sickness; hyperbaric oxygen therapy; osteomylitis; osteoradionecrosis; wound healing.

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