Oxygen Hyperbaric Therapy in Patients with Radiation Proctitis [PDF]
Background: Cervical cancer is the most common female Malignancy in developing countries, including Indonesia. It usually occurs at the age of 20 years, reaches the peak incidence at the age of 35-55 years, and afterwards, the incidence declines ...
Gondowiardjo, S. (Soehartati)+4 more
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Current Approach to Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy is a therapy method based on inhalation of 100% pure oxygen through a mask or endotracheal tube or directly from the environment while subjected to a fully closed pressure chamber with >1 atmosphere.
Füsun Kocaman Ürütük
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Oxygenation inhibits the physiological tissue-protecting mechanism and thereby exacerbates acute inflammatory lung injury [PDF]
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) usually requires symptomatic supportive therapy by intubation and mechanical ventilation with the supplemental use of high oxygen concentrations.
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The effect of a hospital oxygen therapy guideline on the prescription of oxygen therapy [PDF]
Aim: To assess the effect of a hospital oxygen therapy guideline on oxygen prescription and administration at the emergency Department (ED) and medical wards of Mater Dei Hospital, Malta.
Asciak, Rachelle+5 more
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Recovery from repeated sudden hearing loss in a patient with Takayasu’s arteritis treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy: the first report in the literature [PDF]
Hearing loss has been rarely reported in Takayasu's arteritis, presents as sudden sensorineural hearing loss and usually responds well to corticosteroid therapy.
ALTISSIMI, Giancarlo+8 more
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First and foremost, we like to express our gratitude for the praise bestowed upon our narrative review [...]
Thomas Muth+3 more
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FRET-Amplified Singlet Oxygen Generation by Nanocomposites Comprising Ternary AgInS$_2$/ZnS Quantum Dots and Molecular Photosensitizers [PDF]
Antibacterial photodynamic therapy (a-PDT) has emerged as a promising non-invasive therapeutic modality that utilizes the combination of a photosensitive agent, molecular oxygen, and excitation light to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS), demonstrating remarkable activity against multidrug-resistant bacterial infections.
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Early high flow nasal cannula therapy in bronchiolitis, a prospective randomised control trial (protocol): A Paediatric Acute Respiratory Intervention Study (PARIS) [PDF]
Background Bronchiolitis imposes the largest health care burden on non-elective paediatric hospital admissions worldwide, with up to 15 % of cases requiring admission to intensive care.
Andreas Schibler+13 more
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Background Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax (PSP) is considered an absolute and definitive contraindication for scuba diving and professional flying, unless bilateral surgical pleurectomy is performed.
Peter Germonpre+4 more
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High Flow Oxygen Therapy – Risks and Rewards
Introduction High Flow Oxygen Therapy via Nasal Cannula (HFNC) has documented advantages over conventional oxygen therapy (COT). It’s been noted to improve the survival rate among patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, and potentially ...
Stephen Tunnell
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