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Drainage/methods , Pneumothorax/therapy , Silicosis/therapy , Adult , Aged , Cystostomy , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Pneumothorax/complications , Retrospective Studies , Silicosis/complicationsABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Improvement of clinical symptoms following hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders arising from traumatic brain injury was proved by our previous study. This study was aim to obtain the evidence of other changes. METHODS: Three hundred and ten patients with neuropsychiatric disorders arising from traumatic brain injury were treated twice with hyperbaric oxygen. Cerebral single photon emissions computed tomography (SPECT) images and computed tomography scans (CT) before and after hyperbaric oxygen treatment, were compared. RESULTS: Before treatment, the proportion of abnormal cerebral changes detected by SPECT was 81.3% but only 15.2% by CT. After HBO treatment, 70.3% of SPECT scans showed no abnormalities and these patients were clinically improved. Treatment improved regional cerebral blood flow. CONCLUSION: SPECT was much more sensitive than CT in the diagnosis of neuropsychiatric disorders following hyperbaric oxygen treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders arising from traumatic brain injury.
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Brain Injuries/complications , Hyperbaric Oxygenation , Mental Disorders/therapy , Nervous System Diseases/therapy , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Child , Female , Humans , Male , Mental Disorders/diagnosis , Middle Aged , Nervous System Diseases/diagnosisABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy on patients with postbrain injury neural status. METHODS: Two to 4 courses of HBO therapy and/or medications were used to treat 320 patients who were randomly divided into two groups. Assessment was made with (99m)Tc-ethyl cysteinate dimer ( (99m)Tc-ECD) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) before and after treatment. RESULTS: There was a significant difference between the HBO therapy group and the non-HBO therapy group. HBO therapy was superior to medication treatment alone in the recovery of clinical symptoms, control of epilepsy, and resolution of hydrocephalus (P<0.01). CONCLUSIONS: HBO therapy has specific curative effects on patients with postbrain injury neural status, and (99m)Tc-ECD SPECT could play an important role in diagnosing postbrain injury neural status and monitoring the therapeutic effects of HBO.
