Indications

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Indications for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

There are 15 medical conditions where Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy may be life saving:

• Arterial Gas Embolism
• Decompression Sickness
• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
• Clostridial Myositis and Myonecrosis (Gas gangrene)
• Crush injuries, Compartment Syndrome and Other Traumatic Ischaemias
• Enhancement of Healing in Selected Problem Wounds
• Necrotising Soft Tissue Infections
• Refractory Osteomyelitis
• Delayed Radiation Injury
• Compromised Skin Grafts & Flaps
• Acute Thermal Burns
• Severe Blood Loss Anaemia
• Inoperable Brain Abscesses
• Central Retinal Artery Thrombosis
• Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss

The following conditions are usually managed in-hospital:

• Arterial Gas Embolism
• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
• Clostridial Myositis and Myonecrosis (Gas gangrene)
• Crush injuries, Compartment Syndrome and Other Traumatic Ischaemias
• Necrotising Soft Tissue Infections
• Compromised Skin Grafts & Flaps
• Acute Thermal Burns
• Severe Blood Loss Anaemia
• Inoperable Brain Abscesses

The following conditions are more frequently managed on an out-patient basis:

• Decompression Sickness
• Enhancement of Healing in Selected Problem Wounds
• Refractory Osteomyelitis
• Delayed Radiation Injury
• Central Retinal Artery Thrombosis
• Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss