1. The healing effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy- a review.
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Chandra, Chetan, Bhateja, Devyani, Bhateja, D. K., and Chandra, Sumi
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HYPERBARIC oxygenation ,OXYGEN inhalation ,ABSORPTION (Physiology) ,NEOVASCULARIZATION ,EPITHELIAL cells ,DECOMPRESSION sickness ,COLLAGEN - Abstract
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), is basically 100% oxygen inhalation, at a pressure greater than that of sea level, it being 2.4 absolute atmospheres (i.e. ATA; where 1 ATA = 760 mmHg). When oxygen is used as a drug, the doze is controlled by technologically operated oxygen chamber, which sets the dosage at 100% oxygen and controls its absorption by pressure. Molecular oxygen has a central role in repair, collagen synthesis, matrix formation, angiogenesis, epithelialization and bacterial killing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010