Publications Considered To Represent the Best Evidence Of Hyperbaric Medicine
Last updated May 2010
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1. Air or Gas Embolism
- Cerebral Air Embolism Treated by Pressure and Hyperbaric Oxygen
Catron PW, Dutka AJ, Biondi DA, et al.
Neurology 1991;41:314-315 - Pulmonary Barotrauma in Submarine Escape Trainees and the Treatment of Cerebral Arterial Air Embolism
Brooks GJ, Green RD, Leitch Dr.
Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 1986;57:1201-1207 - Pulmonary Barotrauma-Induced Cerebral Arterial Gas Embolism with Spontaneous Recovery: Commentary on the Rationale for Therapeutic Compression
Clarke D, Gerard W, Norris T
Aviat Space Environ Med 2002;73(2):139-146
2. Carbon Monoxide
- Functional Inhibition of Leukocyte B2 Integrins by Hyperbaric Oxygen in Carbon Monoxide-Mediated Brain Injury in Rats
Thom SR
Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology1993;123:248-256 - Hyperbaric Oxygen for Acute Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Weaver LK, Hopkins RO, Chan KJ, et al.
N Engl J Med 2002;347(14):1057-1067 - Hyperbaric Oxygen for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning (Review Article)
Juurlink DN, Buckley NA, Stanbrok MB, et al.
The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2005, Issue 1. Art No: CD002041.Pub2. DOI:10.1002/14651858.CD002041.Pub2
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Piantadosi CA
Undersea Hyper Med 2004; 31(1):167-177
3. Gas Gangrene
- Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen and Surgery on Experimental Multimicrobial Gas Gangrene
Hirn M, Niinikoski J, Lehtonen OP
Eur Surg Res 1993;25:265-269 - Management of Clostridial Gas Gangrene and the Role of Hyperbaric Oxygen
Korhonen K, Klossner J, Hirn M, et al.
Annales Chirurgiae ET Gynaecologiae 1999;88:139-142 - Clostridial Myositis, Necrotizing Fasciitis, and Zygomycotic Infections
Jacoby I
In: Physiology and Medicine of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. Saunders Publishers. Neuman & Thom 2008:397-418
4. Crush Injury; Compartment Ischemia; Other Acute Ischemias
- Delayed Use of Hyperbaric Oxygen for Treatment of a Model Anterior Compartment Syndrome
Strauss MB, Hargens AR, Gershuni DH, et al.
Journal of Orthopaedic Research 1986;4:108-111
Lipid Peroxidation Products in Postischemic Skeletal Muscle and After Treatment with Hyperbaric Oxygen
Nylander G, Otamiri T, Lewis DH, et al.
Scandinavian Journal of Plastic Reconstructive Surgery 1989;23:97-103 - Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in the Management of Crush Injuries: A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial
Bouachour G, Cronier P, Gouello JP, et al.
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care 1996;41(2):333-339 - Adjuvant Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in the Management of Crush Injury and Traumatic Ischemia: An Evidence-Based Approach
Garcia-Covarrubias L, McSwain N, Van Meter K, Bell R
The American Surgeon 2005;71(2):144-151
5. Decompression Sickness
- Acute Neurologic Decompression Illness in Pigs: Lesions of the Spinal Cord and Brain
Dick EJ, Broome JU, Hayward IJ
Laboratory Animal Science 1997;47(1):50-57
Oxygen in the Treatments of Spinal Cord Decompression
Leitch DR, Hallenbeck JM
Undersea Biomedical Research 1985;12(3):269-289 - Twenty Years of Treating Decompression Sickness
Green RD, Leitch DR
Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine 1987:362-366
Spinal Cord Decompression Sickness in Sport Diving
Aharon-Peretz J, Adir Y, Gordon CR, et al.
Arch Neurol 1993;50:753-756 - Bubble Trouble: A Review of Diving Physiology and Disease
Levett DZH, Millar IL
Postgraduate Medical Journal 2008; 84:571-578
6. Wound Healing
- Diabetic Impairments in No-Mediated Endothelial Progenitor Cell Mobilization and Homing are reversed by Hyperoxia and SDF-1a
Gallagher KA, Zhao-Jun L, et al.
J. Clin. Invest. 2007; 117:1249-1259
Stem Cell Mobilization by Hyperbaric Oxygen
Thom SR, Bhopale VM, et al.
AM J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006; 290:H1378-H1386
Hyperbaric Oxygen Induces VEGF Expression Through ERK, JNK and C-JUN/AP-1 Activation in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells
Lee CC, Chen SC, TSAI SC, et al.
J Biomed SCI 2006;13(1):143-56
Hyperbaric Oxygen Selectively Induces Angiopoietin-2 in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells
Lin S, Shyu KG, Lee CC, et al.
Biochem and Biophys Research Communications 2002;296:710-715 - Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Facilitates Healing of Chronic Foot Ulcers in Patients with Diabetes
Londahl M, Katzman P, Nilsson A, et al.
Diabetes Care 2010;33(5):998-1003
- Systematic Review of Hyperbaric Oxygen in the Management of Chronic Wounds
Roeckl-Wiedmann I, Bennett M, Kranke P
British Journal of Surgery 2005;92:24-32
Cost-Effectiveness and Budget Impact of Adjunctive Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Diabetic Foot Ulcers
Chuck AW, Hailey D, Jacobs P, et al.
Intl. J. of Technology Assessment in Health Care 2008; 24(2):178-183
7. Exceptional Anemia
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment Attenuates Cytokine Induction after Massive Hemorrhage
Yamashita M
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2000;278(5):E811-E816 - Hyperbaric Oxygen Reverses Organ Dysfunction in Severe Anemia
Greensmith JE
Anesthesiology 2000;93(4):1149-1152 - A Systematic Review of the Application of Hyperbaric Oxygen in the Treatment of Severe Anemia: An Evidence-Based Approach
Van Meter KW
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society 2005;32(1):61-83
8. Intracranial Abscess
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- Hyperbaric Oxygen in Intracranial Abscesses
Lampl LA, Frey G, Dietze T, et al.
Journal of Hyperbaric Medicine 1989;4(4):111-125 - Hyperbaric Oxygen in Intracranial Abscesses
Lampl LA, Frey G, Dietze T, et al.
Journal of Hyperbaric Medicine 1989;4(4):111-125
9. Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
- Hyperbaric Oxygen in the Treatment of Gas Gangrene and Perineal Necrotizing Fasciitis
Hirn M
- Fournier’s Gangrene: Therapeutic Impact of Hyperbaric Oxygen
Hollabaugh RS, Dmochowski RR, Hickerson WL, et al.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 1998;101:94-100 - Hyperbaric Oxygen in the Treatment of Gas Gangrene and Perineal Necrotizing Fasciitis
Hirn M
European Journal of Surgery Supplement 1993;570:1-36
10. Refractory Osteomyelitis
- Synergy of HBO2 and a Local Antibiotic Carrier for Experimental Osteomyelitis Due to Staphylococcus Aureus in Rats
Mendel V, Simanowski J, Scholz CH
UHM 2004; 31(4):407-416 - Results of Chronic Osteomyelitis of the Femur Treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen: A Preliminary Report
Chen CE, Ko JY, Fu TH, et al.
Chang Gung Med J 2004;27(2):91-97 - Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Chronic Osteomyelitis
Niinikoski J
In: Physiology and Medicine of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. Saunders Publishers. Neuman & Thom 2008:419-426
11. Late Radiation Injury
- Relationship of Oxygen Dose to Angiogenesis Induction in Irradiated Tissue
Marx RE, Ehler WJ, Tayapongsak P, et al.
The American Journal of Surgery 1990;160:519-524 - Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment of Chronic Refractory Radiation Proctitis: A Randomized and Controlled Double-Blind Crossover Trial with Long-Term Follow-Up.
Clarke RE, Tenorio LMC, Hussey JR, et al.
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics 2008;72(1):134-143 - Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in the Treatment of Radio-Induced Lesions in Normal Tissues: A Literature Review
Pasquier D, Hoelscher T, Schmutz J, et al.
Radiology and Oncology 2004;72:1-13
12. Skin Grafts and Flaps
- Survival of Normothermic Microvascular Flaps After Prolonged Secondary Ischemia: Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen
Stevens DM, Weiss DW, Koller WA, et al.
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck 1996;115(4):360-364 - Clinical Experience with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in the Salvage of Ischemic Skin Flaps and Grafts
Bowersox JC, Strauss MB, Hart GB
Journal of Hyperbaric Medicine 1986;1(3):141-149 - An Evidence-Based Appraisal of the Use of Hyperbaric Oxygen on Flaps and Grafts
Friedman HI, Fitzmaurice M, Clarke D, et al.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2006;117(7S):175S-190S
13. Thermal Burns
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Piracetam Decrease the Early Extension of Deep Partial-Thickness Burns
Germonpre P, Reper P, Vanderkelen A
Burns 1996; 22(6):468-473
- The Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on a Burn Wound Model in Human Volunteers
Niezgoda JA, Cianci P, Folden BW, et al.
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 1997;99(6):1620-1625 - Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Thermal Burns (Review)
Villanueva E, Bennett MH, Wasiak J, et al.
The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2004, Issue 2 Art. No: CD004727. Pub2. DOI: 10.1002/14651858