Unestablished indications for hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 228-234

  Mitchell, Simon J ^a   Bennett, Michael H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Children; Ethics; Evidence; Hyperbaric oxygen therapy; Hyperbaric research; Review article; Trauma and stress

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBRAL PALSY; DISORDERS OF HIGHER CEREBRAL FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; OFF LABEL DRUG USE;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; OFF-LABEL USE;

EID: 84928701826     PISSN: 18333516     EISSN: 22091491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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