Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
Keywords
traumatic brain injury, post traumatic stress disorder, war veterans, hyperbaric oxygen therapy
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.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1177/0963689719853232
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
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