Hyperbaric Oxygenation

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IT is to Boerema and his associates that we are indebted for the renewed interest in clinical benefits to be derived from the hyperbaric (oxygen) environment. Since 1956 surgical operations have been performed in a steel chamber pressurized to 3 atmospheres (3 atm) and located within a hospital compound.1 By 1962 operations were successful on 4 patients who underwent hyperbaric surgery to correct impairments associated with the tetralogy of Fallot. Dramatic effects were observed in hyperbaric oxygen therapy to counteract the toxemia and fulminating tissue destruction of Clostridium welchii infection.An epitome of clinical progress in this form of therapy . . .

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