Handbook on Hyperbaric Medicine

Physiology and Physiopathology of Hyperbaric Oxygen.- Physiological Principles of Hyperbaric Oxygenation.- Toxic Effects of Oxygen.- Pulmonary Effects.- HBO Dose Titration.- Clinical Indications.- Decompression Illness — Final Report.- Acute Indications of HBO Therapy — Final Report.- Chronic Hyperbark Oxygen Therapy Indications — Final Report.- Recommendations of the Jury.- Decompression Illness.- Epidemiology of Decompression Accidents During Recreational Diving.- Pre-Hospital Treatment of Decompression Sickness in Recreational Divers.- Hospital Medical Treatment of Decompression Sickness in Sport Scuba Diving.- Hyperbaric Treatment of Decompression Accidents.- Medical Specificities of Diving for Children and Women.- The Treatment of Decompression Sickness in Commercial Diving.- Effect of Gas Bubbles on the Blood.- Gas Embolism.- The Divers Alert Network: Epidemiology of Diving Accidents.- Divers Alert Network and its Programs.- The Divers Alert Network in Europe: Risk Evaluation andProblem Management in a European Recreational Divers Population.- Divers Alert Network Japan Report.- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Mechanism, Clinical Presentation and Management.- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in the United States.- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for CO Intoxication During Pregnancy.- Heart Damage Caused by Carbon Monoxide Poisoning.- The CO-Poisoned Child.- Soft Tissue Infections Including Clostridial Myonecrosis: Diagnosis and Treatment.- Clostridial Myonecrosis.- Radionecrosis.- Brain Injuries and HBO.- HBO in Orthopedic Disorders.- Hyperbark Oxygen Therapy in Crush Injuries.- Applications of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Plastic Surgery.- Oxygen and Healing Wounds: Tissue-Bone Repair Enhancement.- HBO Therapy in Burns and Smoke Inhalation Injury.- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Diabetic Problems.- Diabetes Mellitus: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Therapy and Long-Term Complications.- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Diabetic Foot Ulcer and Gangrene.- Vascular Diseases and HBO.- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Ophthalmology.- Pigmentous Retinopathy (PR) and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBO).- Hearing Disorders.- Monitoring of Clinical Parameters in Hyperbaric Chamber.- Management of HBO Patients.- Transcutaneous Oxymetry.- Oxymetry.- Transcutaneous Oxymetryin Hyperbaric Medicine.- Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen on Activity of Antibacterial Agents.- Safety and HBO Therapy.- Future Prospects in Research for Hyperbaric Oxygen.- Adapting the Hyperbaric Chamber to the Health Care Environment: History and Future Trends.- New Frontiers.- New Frontiers: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBO) in Open Heart Surgery’s Complications.- New Frontiers: Dermatology.- New Frontiers: HBO in Treatment of Fetal Growth Deficiencis.- New Frontiers: Obstetrical Indications for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.- New Frontiers: Use of Combined Hyperbaric Oxygenation and In-Water Rehabilitation for Neurological Conditions due to Stroke and to Spinal Decompression Sickness.- New Frontiers: Treatment of Radiation-Induced Xerostomia with Hyperbaric Oxygen: Is There a Room for such a Complicated Treatment?.- New Frontiers: Tumor Oxygenation and Radiotherapy.- New Frontiers: Sickle Cell Anemia.- New Frontiers: Brain Abscess.- New Frontiers: Endothelin 1 and HBO.- Medical Oxygen: Characteristics, Use, Safety Guidelines.- Personal, Professional and Educational Requirements for the Staff of a Hyperbaric Medical Center.- Cost-Benefit and Cost-Efficiency Evaluation of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.