Retrospective Study Cell transplantation 2019

Retrospective Case Series of Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.

Shytle RD, Eve DJ, Kim SH, Spiegel A, Sanberg PR, Borlongan CV — Cell transplantation, 2019

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers retrospectively investigated three veterans with chronic traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who received hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) and underwent neurophysiological testing.

What They Found

All three veterans showed improvements in neurocognitive domains after receiving hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Specifically, reductions were observed in suicide-related symptoms among the participants.

Canadian Relevance

This study has no direct Canadian connection.

Study Limitations

A significant limitation of this study is its retrospective design and very small sample size of only three participants, which limits generalizability.

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Study Details

Study Type	Retrospective Study
Category	Neurological
Source	Pubmed
PubMed ID	31134828
Year Published	2019
Journal	Cell transplantation
MeSH Terms	Adult; Brain Injuries, Traumatic; Female; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Male; Retrospective Studies; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Veterans

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