hyperbaric medicine
| Use of oxygen at high pressure to treat conditions such as decompression sickness, carbon monoxide poisoning and gas gangrene. Treatment is given in a hyperbaric chamber. |
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| The biophysical effects of intermittent compression, continuous passive motion, massage, traction, biofeedback, and the light therapies--as well as alternative therapies such as hyperbaric oxygen and magnets--are described. Also contains information on hyperbaric oxygen as a preventive and treatment modality. Nonsurgical treatment of temporal bone osteoradionecrosis entails regular aural toilet, topical antibiotics, and perhaps hyperbaric oxygen therapy. |
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