Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine Journal Volume 44, Issue #2

Course overview

Learner Objectives: As a result of having attended the meeting, the participants should have had the opportunity to: 1. To understand the importance and efficacy of HBO therapy in conjunction with antibiotics for the treatment of C. canimorsus infections 2. To understand that dog bites carry a lot of dangerous pathogens and may lead to important infections and life - threatening conditions. 3. Understand the degree of HBO effect on blood pressure and identify factors that attenuate this effect. 5. Understand pre-treatment pressures that may indicate potentially higher post-treatment pressures. Subject Matter: Adjunctive hyperbaric oxygen treatment for idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss Effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on blood pressure in patients undergoing treatment Marvin Heyboer III MD; Susan M. Wojcik PhD; Garrett Smith BS; William Santiago MD Cave canem: HBO2 therapy efficacy on Capnocytophaga canimorsus infections: a case series Mariano Marmo MD, Romolo Villani MD, Raffaele Maria Di Minno MD, Giuseppe Noschese MD, Matteo Paganini MD, Silvia Quartesan PhD, Alex Rizzato BSc, Gerardo Bosco MD Hypertension screening of commercial divers from an occupational medicine perspective Alejandro Garbino MD, Robert W Sanders MD, Charles H Mathers MD Teaching Methods: • Journal Reading • Examination of material • Evaluation of activity Evaluation Methods: Evaluation is offered through the online educational portal with 3 graded questions each UHM Journal paper and an overall evaluation at completion of the Journal-based activity. References: 1. Leach RM, Rees PJ, Wilmshurst P. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy. BMJ 1998;317(7166): 1140-1143. 2. Gill AL, Bell CN. Hyperbaric oxygen: its uses, mechanisms of action and outcomes. QJM 2004;97(7):385. 3. Heyboer M, Jennings S, Grant WD, Ojevwe C, Byrne J, Wojcik S. Seizure incidence by treatment pressure in patients undergoing hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Undersea Hyperb Med. 2014;41: 379-385. 4. Zamboni WA, Wong HP, Stephenson LL. E¿ect of hyperbaric oxygen on neutrophil concentration and pulmonary sequestration in reperfusion injury. Arch Surg. 1996;131(7): 756. 5. Nylander G, Lewis D, Nordström H, Larsson J. Reduction of postischemic edema with hyperbaric oxygen. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1985;76(4):596. 6. Camporesi EM, Bosco G. Mechanisms of action of hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Undersea Hyperb Med. 2014 May;41(3):247-52. 7. Heyboer M, Wojcik SM, Grant WD, Chambers P, Jennings S, Adcock P. Middle ear barotrauma in hyperbaric oxygen therapy. UHM 2014;41(5):393-397. 8. Al-Waili NS, Butler GJ, Beale J, Abdullah MS, Finkelstein M, Merrow M, Rivera R, Petrillo, Carrey Z, Lee B, Allen M. In¿uences of hyperbaric oxygen on blood pressure, heart rate, and blood glucose levels in patients with diabetes mellitus and hypertension. Arch of Med Res 2006;37:991-997. 9. Jackson W. Arteriolar oxygen reactivity: Where is the sensor? Am J Physiol 1987;253:1120-1126. 10. Vezzani G, Pizzola A, Guerrini A, Mordacci M, Cantadori L, Menozzi P. Interaction between HBO and sepsis: clinical application. Proceedings of Pre-congress course on HBOT by International Joint Meeting on Hyperbaric and Underwater Medicine 1996; 75-87. 11. Lund V, Kentala E, Scheinin H, Klossner J, Koskinen P, Jalonen J. E¿ect of hyperbaric conditions on plasma stress hormone levels and endothelin-1. Undersea Hyperb Med 1999;26(2):87-92. 12. Walker BR, Attallah AA, Lee JB, Hong SK, Mookerjee BK, Share L, Krasney JA. Antidiuresis and inhibition of PGE2 excretion by hyperoxia in the conscious dog. Undersea Biomed Res 1980;7(2):113-126. 13. Abel, FL, McNamee JE, Cone DL, et al. E¿ects of hyperbaric oxygen on ventricular performance, pulmonary blood volume, and systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance. Undersea Hyperb Med 2000;27:67-73. 14. Weaver LK, Churchill S. Pulmonary edema associated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Chest 2001;120(4):1407-1409 1. Ellis R, Ellis C. Dog and cat bites. Am Fam Physician. 2014 Aug 15; 90(4): 239-243