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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.
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- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
- Oxygenation, Hyperbaric
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapies
- Hyperbaric Oxygenations
- Oxygen Therapies, Hyperbaric
- Oxygen Therapy, Hyperbaric
- Oxygenations, Hyperbaric
- Therapies, Hyperbaric Oxygen
- Therapy, Hyperbaric Oxygen
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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, mortality, nursing, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.
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coord IM with disease /ther (IM), not /drug ther
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- National Library of Medicine. Hyperbaric Oxygenation. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006931. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006931
- Hyperbaric Oxygenation. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbaric_medicine
- Hyperbaric Oxygenation. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q731615