Hyperbaric Medicine
Recompression treatment in a hyperbaric chamber was initially used as a life-saving tool to treat the "bends" in caisson workers and divers who stayed too long at depth and developed decompression sickness. Now, it is a highly specialized treatment modality that has been found to be effective in the treatment of many conditions where the administration of oxygen under pressure has been found to be beneficial. Studies have shown it to be quite effective in some 13 indications approved by the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society. Some success has been also seen in numerous other conditions that are being treated in an "off-label" manner - but without backup from good evidence based studies.
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