Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
Keywords
traumatic brain injury, post traumatic stress disorder, war veterans, hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1177/0963689719853232
Abstract
Returning veterans are frequently diagnosed with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Considering a recent case-controlled study of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) reporting a reduction in suicidal ideation, we investigated retrospectively three veterans with chronic TBI/PTSD symptoms who were treated with multiple rounds of HBOT with neurophysiological testing performed before and after treatment. Improvements were detected on parameters within neurocognitive domains, including reductions in suicide-related symptoms. These findings independently confirm that HBOT may be effective in treating specific symptoms of TBI/PTSD that are not currently addressed with existing therapeutic approaches.
Rights Information
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Citation / Publisher Attribution
Cell Transplantation, v. 28, issue 7, p. 885-892
Scholar Commons Citation
Shytle, R. Douglas; Eve, David J.; Kim, Soel-Hee; Spiegel, Allan; Sanberg, Paul R.; and Borlongan, Cesar V., "Retrospective Case Series of Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treated with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy" (2019). Neurosurgery and Brain Repair Faculty Publications. 15.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/nbr_facpub/15
