Case Study Undersea & hyperbaric medicine : journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc 2011

Improvement of clinical outcome and cerebral perfusion in a patient of atherosclerotic cerebral infarction after repetitive hyperbaric oxygen treatment--a case report and literature review.

Chen SY, Huang E, Wang V, Fan YM, Ho CF, Yip PK — Undersea & hyperbaric medicine : journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc, 2011

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers presented a case report of a 56-year-old Chinese man with acute atherosclerotic ischaemic stroke who received hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO2T) after being ineligible for thrombolytic treatment.

What They Found

The 56-year-old patient, who presented with right hemiparesis and dysarthria, experienced great improvement after a course of HBO2T. This improvement was evaluated using standard stroke rating scales and cerebral perfusion images, including brain-computed tomography perfusion and single-photon emission computed tomography.

Canadian Relevance

This study has no direct Canadian connection as it is a case report from a Chinese patient and does not involve Canadian researchers or institutions.

Study Limitations

As a single case report, the findings cannot be generalized to a broader patient population, and further large-scale clinical trials are needed.

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Study Details

Study Type	Case Study
Category	Neurological
Source	Pubmed
PubMed ID	22013763
Year Published	2011
Journal	Undersea & hyperbaric medicine : journal of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society, Inc
MeSH Terms	Brain; Brain Ischemia; Cerebrovascular Circulation; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Intracranial Arteriosclerosis; Male; Middle Aged; Stroke; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Treatment Outcome

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