AEGiS-BKREV: AIDS Under Pressure: Hyperbaric Medicine in the Management of HIV Disease

(BKREV) AIDS Under Pressure: Hyperbaric Medicine in the Management of HIV Disease

Hogrefe & Huber, PO Box 2487, Kirkland, WA 98083-2487. 124p., illus., bibliog. ISBN 0-88937-153-9. $39.50.
Michelle Reillo. 1997.

"Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is the treatment of an individual with oxygen compressed to a specific pressure, which is determined by the disorder to be treated." In 1990 HBOT was initiated among patients with late-stage AIDS, whose life expectancy at the time was two years. Now, 6 years later, more than half of those that were treated are alive and not using oral antiviral therapy. This small book presents the findings of this therapy to combat many of the AIDS complications such as pulmonary, neurologic, dermatologic, and ocular. This therapy is surrounded by much controversy within the medical community. However, there are over 300 hyperbaric chambers in the United States. This therapy is considered standard care in Europe, Japan, and Russia. If one would like to use this therapy, you have to be referred by a physician. There is information on the Internet about HBOT or you can call the American College of Hyperbaric Medicine or the Undersea Hyperbaic Medical Society. A recommended book for all medical libraries.

Keywords: Treatment; Hyperbaric Oxygenation Copyright (c) 1999 - Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. Review's may be reprinted or redistributed for the noncommercial purpose of scientific or educational advancement granted by Sections 107 and 108 of the Copyright Revision Act of 1976. For other reprinting, redistribution, or translation, address requests to H. Robert Malinowsky, University of Illinois at Chicago Library, PO Box 8198, Chicago, IL 60680 or electronically to hrm@uic.edu.
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