BookKewal K. Jain.
Summary: This comprehensive volume captures the latest scientific evidence, technological advances, treatments and impact of biotechnology in hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Divided into three distinct sections, the book begins with basic aspects that include history, equipment, safety and diagnostic approaches; this is followed by clinical applications for hyperbaric oxygen therapy in various modalities; the last section provides an overview of hyperbaric medicine as a specialty with best practices from around the world. Integration of multidisciplinary approaches to complex disorders are also covered. Updated and significantly expanded from previous editions, Textbook of Hyperbaric Medicine, 6th Edition will continue to be the definitive guide to this burgeoning field for students, trainees, physicians and specialists. .
Contents:
Part I. Basic Aspects
Chapter 1. The History of Hyperbaric Medicine
Chapter 2. Physical, Physiological, and Biochemical Aspects of Hyperbaric Oxygenation
Chapter 3. Effects of Diving and High Pressure on the Human Body
Chapter 4. Physical Exercise under Hyperbaric Conditions
Chapter 5. Hypoxia
Chapter 6. Oxygen Toxicity
Chapter 7. Hyperbaric Chambers: Equipment, Technique, and Safety
Chapter 8. Indications, Contraindications, and Complications of HBO Therapy
Chapter 9. Drug Interactions with Hyperbaric Oxygenation
Chapter 10. Neurophysiologic SPECT Brain Function Imaging and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Part II. Clinical Applications
Chapter 11. Decompression Sickness
Chapter 12. Cerebral Air Embolism
Chapter 13. Carbon Monoxide and Other Tissue Poisons
Chapter 14. HBO Therapy in Infections
Chapter 15. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Chronic Lyme Disease: The Controversy and the Evidence
Chapter 16. HBO Therapy in Wound Healing, Plastic Surgery, and Dermatology
Chapter 17. HBO Therapy in the Management of Radionecrosis
Chapter 18. The Use of HBO in Treating Neurological Disorders
Chapter 19. Role of Hyperbaric Oxygenation in the Management of Stroke
Chapter 20. HBO Therapy in Global Cerebral Ischemia/Anoxia and Coma
Chapter 21. HBO Therapy in Neurosurgery
Chapter 22. Oxygen Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Chapter 23. HBO in the Management of Cerebral Palsy
Chapter 24. HBO Therapy in Miscellaneous Neurological Disorders
Chapter 25. HBO Therapy in Cardiovascular Diseases
Chapter 26. HBO Therapy in Hematology and Immunology
Chapter 27. HBO Therapy in Gastroenterology
Chapter 28. HBO and Endocrinology
Chapter 29. HBO and Pulmonary Disorders
Chapter 30. Hyperbaric Oxygenation in Traumatology and Orthopedics
Chapter 31. HBO Therapy in Otolaryngology
Chapter 32. HBO Therapy and Ophthalmology
Chapter 33.Hyperbaric Oxygenation in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Chapter 34. Use of Hyperbaric Oxygenation (HBO2) in Neonatal Patients
Chapter 35. Hyperbaric Oxygenation in Geriatrics
Chapter 36. HBO as an Adjuvant in Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine
Chapter 37. Nursing and Hyperbaric Medicine
Chapter 38. Role of HBO in Enhancing Cancer Radiosensitivity
Chapter 39. HBO Therapy and Organ Transplants
Chapter 40. Hyperbaric Oxygen Pretreatment and Preconditioning
Chapter 41. Anesthesia in the Hyperbaric Environment
Chapter 42. Hyperbaric Oxygen in Resuscitation
Chapter 43. HBO in Military Medicine
Part III. Hyperbaric Medicine as a Specialty
Chapter 44. Training and Practice of Hyperbaric Medicine
Chapter 45. Research in Hyperbaric Medicine
Chapter 46. Personalized Hyperbaric Medicine
Chapter 47. The Future of Hyperbaric Medicine
Chapter 48. Ethical Issues, Standards, and Quality Control in the Practice of Hyperbaric Medicine
Chapter 49. Hyperbaric Medicine in Europe
Chapter 50. Hyperbaric Medicine in the United States
Chapter 51. Hyperbaric Medicine in Latin America.