Clinical Guidelines for Hyperbaric Oxygen Medicine

Author: Yi Zhi
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Publish Date: 2005-09-02
Features: Hyperbaric Oxygen Medicine is an emerging medical discipline that plays a very important role in the treatment of many diseases. It has particularly effective results for anaerobic bacterial infections, carbon monoxide poisoning, decompression sickness, gas embolism, and other conditions. In the comprehensive treatment of acute ischemic hypoxic encephalopathy, traumatic brain injury, cerebrovascular diseases, chronic non-healing ulcers, poor blood circulation after replantation of fingers/toes, sudden deafness, and other diseases, it has an irreplaceable therapeutic role. With the rapid development of hyperbaric oxygen medicine in China, Guangdong Province now has over 500 hyperbaric oxygen chambers of various types, with more than 800 professionals engaged in hyperbaric oxygen medicine, both ranking first in the country. As a special medical device, hyperbaric oxygen chambers are prone to safety and medical risks, which can cause casualties and place high demands on the quality of personnel. Currently, the hyperbaric oxygen chambers in various medical units in Guangdong Province are of different types, and the management systems of some hospitals are not yet sound, with some hyperbaric oxygen medical staff lacking a strong sense of medical safety. This book consists of 11 chapters, including: the principles of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, indications and contraindications of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, side effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, hyperbaric oxygen diagnosis and treatment protocols, operating procedures and treatment methods for hyperbaric oxygen chambers, etc.