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.
Also Known As:
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy; Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapies; Hyperbaric Oxygenations; Oxygen Therapies, Hyperbaric; Oxygen Therapy, Hyperbaric; Oxygenations, Hyperbaric; Therapies, Hyperbaric Oxygen; Therapy, Hyperbaric Oxygen; Oxygenation, Hyperbaric