Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Prostaglandin usage for Shred Injury in the Fingers: A Case Report

Archives of Hand and Microsurgery ◽

10.12790/ahm.21.0132 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

HyunWoo Kim ◽

Jin Rok Oh

Keyword(s):

Emergency Department ◽

Hyperbaric Oxygen ◽

Thermal Imaging ◽

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy ◽

Oxygen Therapy ◽

Color Change ◽

Saline Irrigation ◽

Infrared Thermal Imaging ◽

Phalangeal Bone ◽

Flexion And Extension

A 53-year-old woman came to the emergency department because her right hand had been stuck in a potato-shredding machine for 30 minutes. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th fingers were shredded into multiple slices deep into the phalangeal bone, which showed good circulation, and the wounds were cleaned with massive saline irrigation. The slices of each finger were put together to form the finger, which was sutured with nylon, and the circulation of the fingers remained good. Three weeks of gentamicin, cefazolin, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy were used for acute traumatic ischemia since the color change of fingers was observed. Six weeks of prostaglandin was used for circulation recovery. The patient was able to grasp with minimal pain and do flexion and extension, and the wound was completely healed. Radiography showed the bone union process, and the digital infrared thermal imaging test showed relatively good circulation.

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Assessment of myocardial injury in the emergency department independently predicts the short-term poor outcome in patients with severe carbon monoxide poisoning receiving mechanical ventilation and hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Pulmonary Pharmacology & Therapeutics ◽

10.1016/j.pupt.2009.04.006 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 22 (6) ◽

pp. 473-477 ◽

Cited By ~ 34

Author(s):

Hsin-Kuo Kao ◽

Te-Cheng Lien ◽

Yu Ru Kou ◽

Jia-Horng Wang

Keyword(s):

Emergency Department ◽

Mechanical Ventilation ◽

Carbon Monoxide ◽

Hyperbaric Oxygen ◽

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy ◽

Myocardial Injury ◽

Oxygen Therapy ◽

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning ◽

Short Term ◽

Poor Outcome

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Thermal Effects of Topical Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Hard-to-Heal Wounds—A Pilot Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18136737 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (13) ◽

pp. 6737

Author(s):

Teresa Kasprzyk-Kucewicz ◽

Armand Cholewka ◽

Beata Englisz-Jurgielewicz ◽

Romualda Mucha ◽

Michał Relich ◽

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Keyword(s):

Hyperbaric Oxygen ◽

Thermal Imaging ◽

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy ◽

Thermal Effects ◽

Oxygen Therapy ◽

Healing Process ◽

Thermal Response ◽

Clinical Results ◽

The Third ◽

A Minor

Clinical studies have been performed to evaluate the thermal response of topical hyperbaric oxygen therapy (THBOT) in patients suffering from hard-to-heal wounds diagnosed as venous leg ulcers located on their lower extremities. It was found that this therapy leads to a temperature decrease in areas around the wound. Moreover, a minor temperature differentiation between all areas was seen in the third period of topical hyperbaric oxygen therapy (THBOT) that may suggest that microcirculation and thermoregulation improvement start the healing process. On the other hand, the results of the conducted studies seem to prove that thermal imaging may provide a safe and effective method of analyzing wound healing of hard-to-heal wounds being treated with THBOT. This is the first study that tries to show the possibilities of a very new method by evaluating treatment of hard-to-heal wounds using thermal imaging, similar to the hyperbaric oxygen therapy effects evaluated by thermal imaging and described previously. However, the first clinical results showed a decrease in temperature due to the THBOT session and some qualitative similarities in the decrease in temperature differentiation between the studied areas and the temperature effects obtained due to hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

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