Thursday, March 24, 2011

Newborns can benefit from Hyperbaric Oxygen too

It's been a while since I posted, but life is busy and also finally I got the house
earthquake proved. I guess the japanese scare was big enough.
As far as the radiation is concerned, I am not to worried that we will get anything
here that has high enough radioactivity to harm us.

But here a short one on the subject. It's not from a "double-blind placebo controlled
and whatnot study", still I thought this was very interesting for some parents who have
newborns with healing issues:

"We report the use of hyperbaric oxygen in four neonates with delayed wound healing. Three presented with cyanotic congenital heart disease and had wounds associated with surgical procedures; the fourth had a nonhealing wound as a result of a complication of an umbilical-artery catheter. All were treated in a hyperbaric chamber with 100% oxygen at 2 atmospheres absolute. All wounds healed after institution of hyperbaric therapy. There was no evidence of serious side effects in any patient. These observations suggest, but do not prove, the efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for neonates with delayed wound healing."1


 

1 Hyperbaric oxygen use in neonates. A report of four patients.

Department of Pediatrics, Magee Womens Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA 15213.

2 comments:

  1. Your posts are not bad. Not really
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    the Diabetes and the subsequent
    "red feet and legs" and the doctors
    told him that his next step might
    be amputation. I bought him 4 units
    of treatment in the tank and his
    sores showed great improvement.
    Thought I'd share that.

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