What is the definition or description of: hyperbaric oxygen therapy?

High pressure oxygen: The patient is in a chamber that allows for the administration of oxygen under high pressure. This therapy can bring oxygen to tissues that may need extra oxygen for healing.

Oxygen under pressur: This is the delivery of oxygen under pressure, meaning greater than atmospheric pressure at sea level. This allows much greater delivery of oxygen into the blood and tissue, overcoming barriers such as poor blood supply and edema (swelling).

Pressurized 100% O2: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (hbot) is, by definition, the administration of oxygen at greater than atmospheric pressure. There are many indications for this type of treatment: radiation injuries, wounds related to diabetes or poor circulation, and others. Hbot is delivered in 1 of 2 ways: a monochamber (1 patient at a time) or a multichamber (more than 1 patient). The efficacy is the same.