AbstractThe recent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic produced high and excessive demands for hospitalizations and equipment with depletion of critical care resources. The results of these extreme therapeutic efforts have been sobering. Further,...
COVID-19
Hyperbaric oxygen as a treatment for COVID-19 infection?
Abstract Recently the internet has been abuzz with new ideas to treat COVID-19, including hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) therapy, undoubtedly driven by the fact that until recently there have been few therapeutic options for this highly contagious and often...
COVID-19, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT): what is the link?
Excerpt The absence of drug treatments to limit lethality and vaccines to curve down COVID-19 infections have left clinicians with the single option of using supportive therapy as the only intervention, such as the delivery of oxygen and fluids, and...