The following are thirteen conditions that are approved for treatment with HBO therapy. Detailed descriptions of each indication are provided in a technical format for health care professionals.
- Air or Gas Embolism
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning and Smoke Inhalation
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Complicated by Cyanide Poisoning
- Clostridial Myonecrosis (Gas Gangrene)
- Crush Injury, Compartment Syndrome, and other Acute Traumatic Ischemias
- Decompression Sickness (the "Bends")
- Enhancement of Healing in Selected Problem Wounds
- Exceptional Blood Loss (Anemia)
- Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections
- Osteomyelitis (Refractory)
- Radiation Tissue Damage (Osteoradionecrosis)
- Skin Grafts and Flaps (Compromised)
- Thermal Burns
Source: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy: A Committee Report. Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society. 1996 Revision.
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