Hyperbaric Oxygen for Neurological Disorders - Hardcover

John H. Zhang Md PhD - Editor

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1930536410 ISBN 13: 9781930536418

Publisher: Best Publishing Company, 2008

Synopsis

This timely textbook is the first ever to be published on hyperbaric oxygen and its potential applications in neurological diseases. The stellar list of 37 national and international contributors is more than impressive.
FROM THE EDITOR:
Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) has been used as a therapeutic or an alternative therapeutic strategy for neurological diseases for many years. However, for most neurological diseases, HBO is being used without FDA and UHMS approval and therefore HBO is used to treat neurological diseases in mostly free-standing clinics. One of the key issues that has prevented HBO becoming part of mainstream medicine for neurological diseases is the lack of scientific evidence to support a possible neuroprotective effect of HBO. That is the reason for publishing this book.

This book has four features. First, a basic science section of four chapters to demonstrate the effect of HBO on brain physiology and metabolism as well as pathophysiology. Lacking basic mechanisms for the effect of HBO has been the major hurdle preventing the use of HBO for neurological diseases.

Second, this book emphasizes the potential use of HBO in stroke treatment with three chapters, because stroke is the third leading cause of death and the leading cause of long term disability in the nation. Targeting stroke has the potential to take HBO to a new level in future applications.

Third, the experimental application of HBO is discussed with five chapters on traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, autism and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. There are tremendous debates in these fields and this book will provide a forum for extensive discussions.

Fourth, several FDA approved HBO applications are presented in three chapters on carbon monoxide poisoning and on radiation-induced neurological injury.

Using an old Chinese phrase Throwing a piece of rock to attract a gem quality of jade , this book is a first effort to bring experts from all over the world in HBO society to target neurological diseases. We hope this is just a beginning, and that more books on HBO in neurological diseases will be published in the future.

About this title

About the Author

John H. Zhang, MD, PhD is the Editor of this new title. He is a Professor of Neurosurgery, Anesthesiology, and Physiology & Pharmacology, Director of Neurosurgery Research, Director of Anesthesiology Basic Science Research, Associate Chair and Physiology Graduate Program Coordinator, Loma Linda University, School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA

Review

“This comprehensive overview of medical applications of hyperbaric oxygen is well written and informative. It will serve as an excellent resource for both health care professionals and the lay public.” --Dr. Marc Fisher, University of Massachusetts Medical School

“This is an up-to-date, authoritative, condensed expression of the state-of-the-art of Hyperbaric Medicine addressing both physiology and its practical applications for health care. Dr. Zhang has assembled a group of authors who are authoritative who express their points-of-view well and who also include the views of contrarians in order to provide a balanced view of the utility of this seemingly simple but amazing complex therapeutic modality as expressed.

Because there is a resurgence of interest in the use of hyperbaric medicine, it is most timely that the book be offered to practitioners. Moreover, many aspects of this text can be understood by lay people who have an interest in the field of medicine for personal reasons, sometimes because of diseases with which that they or members of their family suffer.

This well-edited volume is a good take-off point for further reading of other volumes. One wonders whether the more customary modes of health delivery and specifically NIH funding for clinical research might be affected by these publications which have vastly widened the interest of the medical profession in an area which the public has already embraced.” --James F Toole, MD - Professor of Neurology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine

“This textbook, therefore, becomes an important reference point for clinicians, researchers and others who care for these difficult conditions and underwrite related health care costs. It is hoped that this textbook will also serve to stimulate further scientific scrutiny. These unfortunate patients are certainly that deserving.” --Dick Clarke, Director, The Baromedical Research Foundation, Columbia, SC

'Each topic in this book presents theory and evidence to date and discusses points forward for the selected therapy, a major strength of the text. This book, equally interesting and thought provoking, should be a useful reference for clinicians who care for patients with these debilitating processes, and act to stimulate further discussion and scientific investigation. --Neurology Journal 2009

Edition details

• Publisher: Best Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1930536410
• ISBN 13: 9781930536418
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 445