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hyperbaric chamber |
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hyperbaric chamberor decompression chamber or recompression chamberSealed chamber supplying a high-pressure atmosphere primarily for medical therapy. Breathing air or oxygen at typically 1.5–3 times normal pressure increases the oxygen level in tissues. This effect is used, for example, to treat carbon monoxide poisoning or to inhibit growth of anaerobic bacteria (as in gas gangrene). The compressive effect of the elevated pressure causes damaging gas bubbles in tissues (as in air embolism or decompression sickness) to shrink and gradually be absorbed. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The author has used this approach at the Ohio State University Medical Center, Hyperbaric Medicine Unit. area - and among only a handful across the country - to offer hyperbaric medicine to cosmetic surgery patients. Myers, who keeps a registry for the Undersea Medical Society and is director of hyperbaric medicine at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, there were 37 functional chambers. |
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Hyperbaric medicine
