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HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY:

EFFECTIVE AND QUESTIONABLE USES

Daniel S. Morrison, M.D.
 Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine
Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Fellow
Department of Emergency Medicine
Medical College of Georgia
R. Duncan Kirkby, Ph.D.
 Scientific Director and Chair
Antilles Institute for Hyperbaric and Undersea Medicine
Sint Eustatius, Netherlands-Antilles

INDEX

Section I: INTRODUCTION
 
Section II: BRIEF HISTORY OF HYPERBARIC MEDICINE AND OXYGEN THERAPY
 
Section III: USES OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN
 
Section IV: THE POTENTIAL FOR MISUSE OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN
 
Section V: REFERENCES

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For additional information pertaining to decompression sickness and hyperbaric oxygen therapy, the author directs readers to the websites of Divers' Alert Network (http://www.diversalertnetwork.org) and the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (http://www.uhms.org).