Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is indicated for treatment of?
High-Yield Explanation
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy uses a pressurized chamber to expose the patient to oxygen tensions exceeding ambient barometric pressure (at sea level the ambient pressure is 760 mm Hg). Common indications for hyperbaric oxygen include decompression sickness (the "bends"), ceain forms of gas embolism, gas gangrene, carbon monoxide poisoning, and treatment of ceain wounds.