Hyperbaric Oxygenation

Synonyms

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapies

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Hyperbaric Oxygenations

Oxygen Therapies, Hyperbaric

Oxygen Therapy, Hyperbaric

Oxygenation, Hyperbaric

Oxygenations, Hyperbaric

Therapies, Hyperbaric Oxygen

Therapy, Hyperbaric Oxygen

The therapeutic intermittent administration of oxygen in a chamber at greater than sea-level atmospheric pressures (three atmospheres). It is considered effective treatment for air and gas embolisms, smoke inhalation, acute carbon monoxide poisoning, caisson disease, clostridial gangrene, etc. (From Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992). The list of treatment modalities includes stroke.