Controlled CMS Data Demonstrates a Cost and Clinical Advantage for Hyperbaric Oxygen for Radiation Cystitis.

Introduction: Increasing cancer survivorship, in part due to new radiation treatments, has created a larger population at risk for delayed complications of treatment. Radiation cystitis continues to occur despite targeted radiation techniques.

Materials And Methods: To investigate value-based care applying hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) to treat delayed radiation cystitis, we reviewed public-access Medicare data from 3,309 patients from Oct 1, 2014, through Dec 31, 2019.

Physiologic and biochemical rationale for treating COVID-19 patients with hyperbaric oxygen.

The SARS-Cov-2 (COVID-19) pandemic remains a major worldwide public health issue. Initially, improved supportive and anti-inflammatory intervention, often employing known drugs or technologies, provided measurable improvement in management. We have recently seen advances in specific therapeutic interventions and in vaccines.

Early treatment of frostbite with hyperbaric oxygen and pentoxifylline: a case report.

While several published cases have reported tissue preservation with hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) after frostbite, its routine use is not endorsed by expert consensus. We report a case of possible frostbite injury to the toes of both feet and the plantar surface of the left foot in a 17-year-old male patient. The exposure history included two episodes of rewarming followed by refreezing in the field during a hike through knee-deep snow without adequate clothing.

Chamber advances for delivery of hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

In this edition of the Watch, Dr. Robins has provided a review of hyperbaric chamber therapy, with particular discussion of new monoplace chambers and their expanded role in emergency medicine.