Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for Fournier's gangrene. 1985

A Ziser, and Z Girsh, and D Gozal, and Y Melamed, and M Adler

Soft-tissue infections with tissue necrosis, due to mixed aerobic and anaerobic organisms, are an accepted indication for hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy. A unique type of such infection is Fournier's gangrene. This condition represents a serious risk to life and patients should be treated rapidly and aggressively. We treated three such cases by HBO. All three patients recovered from the infection, although one died later from renal and pulmonary complications.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D005734 Gangrene Death and putrefaction of tissue usually due to a loss of blood supply. Gangrenes
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D006931 Hyperbaric Oxygenation The therapeutic intermittent administration of oxygen in a chamber at greater than sea-level atmospheric pressures (three atmospheres). It is considered effective treatment for air and gas embolisms, smoke inhalation, acute carbon monoxide poisoning, caisson disease, clostridial gangrene, etc. (From Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992). The list of treatment modalities includes stroke. Oxygenation, Hyperbaric,Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy,Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapies,Hyperbaric Oxygenations,Oxygen Therapies, Hyperbaric,Oxygen Therapy, Hyperbaric,Oxygenations, Hyperbaric,Therapies, Hyperbaric Oxygen,Therapy, Hyperbaric Oxygen
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D012611 Scrotum A cutaneous pouch of skin containing the testicles and spermatic cords. Scrotums

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