Case Study Journal of medical case reports 2022

Hyperbaric oxygen treatment for long coronavirus disease-19: a case report.

Bhaiyat AM, Sasson E, Wang Z, Khairy S, Ginzarly M, Qureshi U, et al. — Journal of medical case reports, 2022

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers presented a case report of a 55-year-old man with long COVID who was successfully treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

What They Found

The patient, suffering from long COVID for 3 months, underwent 60 sessions of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, each lasting 90 minutes.

Post-treatment evaluation revealed significant improvements in his memory, multitasking, energy, breathing, and physical fitness, alongside enhanced brain perfusion.

Canadian Relevance

This study does not have a direct Canadian connection.

Study Limitations

The findings of this study are limited by its nature as a single case report, preventing generalizability to a larger patient population.

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Study Details

Study Type	Case Study
Category	Neurological
Source	Pubmed
PubMed ID	35168680
Year Published	2022
Journal	Journal of medical case reports
MeSH Terms	COVID-19; Diffusion Tensor Imaging; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Male; Middle Aged; Oxygen; SARS-CoV-2; Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome

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