AAHA/UHMS Iraq vet HBOT study announced.

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Just like Mrs. Creacy's doomed-to-fail AAHA/UCP/UCLA/UHMS, HBOT-for-

cerebral palsy study, the Hyperbaric Housewife From Hell and Time

Magazine person of the year is at it again.

Mrs. Creacy and Tom Fox's latest assault on the use of HBOT for brain-

injury will be headed up by a Dr. Wolf of the US Air Force.

Wolf treated a guy with extremity wounds with HBOT who had a brain

injury. Using the wound protocol he improved and that is the basis for

this Air Force study at 2.4 ATA/90 or 120 minutes at depth.

This protocol has been demonstrated to induce seizures in a minimum of

10% of patients and subsequent death in a large number of those

seizing. Because of the higher pressure, neurological improvements

will be minimal, even marginal at best.

This will inevitably produce a conclusion that HBOT might produce

minimal improvements, but given the high rate of seizures and death,

ultimately HBOT should not be used to treat brain-injury.

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Wilford Hall Docs test new type of therapy for brain injures.

Case studies show that hyperbaric oxygen therapy is effective.

By Board

Thursday, November 13, 2008

An alternative type of treatment being used at Wilford Hall, called

hyperbaric oxygen therapy, is giving new hope for soldiers suffering

from brain injuries.

" The hypothesis is that, when a nerve is injured, rather than it dying

off, it goes into a dormant phase. Putting oxygen back in kicks it

back into function, " Dr E. Wolf tells San 's News Radio

1200 WOAI.

" Really what we're focusing on in this study is looking at potential

changes in cognitive function and some of the symptoms involved with

traumatic brain injury patients. "

Those symptoms, he says, could include depression and post-traumatic

stress disorder.

Traumatic brain injury is the signature medical problem that's come

out of these wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, similar to Agent Orange in

Vietnam and Gulf War Syndrome in Operation Desert Storm. Explosions

causing concussions are relatively common. The normal treatment

includes drugs and therapy.

Dr. Wolf says this type of hyperbaric oxygen therapy will not replace

traditional medication. He doesn't think it will even make the drugs

more effective. He says it'll help the body heal itself quicker.

" There have been quite a few case studies over the past few years, and

at least on the surface, it appears to have a beneficial effect. "

The hope is that the high concentration of oxygen in the blood will

stimulate the area around injured brain tissue.

For this study, which starts later this month, 50 soldiers with mild

to moderate traumatic brain injuries will undergo treatment.

" The chambers are pressurized, and then you breath concentrated oxygen

through a hood that covers the head, " Wolf explains.

The patients will then get cognitive tests, to see if parts of the

brain are being stimulated.

" God willing, we'll find something to help treat these heroes, " Wolf

says.

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