- Comprehensive and succinct guide to hyperbaric therapy
- Expanded with additional chapters featuring the latest evidence and clinical approaches
- The definitive resource to a growing and complex specialty
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- About this Textbook
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This comprehensive volume captures the latest scientific evidence, technological advances, treatments and impact of biotechnology in hyperbaric oxygen therapy. Divided into three distinct sections, the book begins with basic aspects that include history, equipment, safety and diagnostic approaches; this is followed by clinical applications for hyperbaric oxygen therapy in various modalities; the last section provides an overview of hyperbaric medicine as a specialty with best practices from around the world. Integration of multidisciplinary approaches to complex disorders are also covered.
Updated and significantly expanded from previous editions, Textbook of Hyperbaric Medicine, 6th Edition will continue to be the definitive guide to this burgeoning field for students, trainees, physicians and specialists.
- About the authors
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Kewal K. Jain, MD
Basel
Switzerland
- Reviews
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“This is the sixth edition of a comprehensive overview of hyperbaric medicine … . Providers at any level seeking to better understand the issues and impact of hyperbaric medicine are an appropriate audience for a work featuring a panel of international experts. … This remains a major survey of the field. … Clearly, this is a valuable overview of a technology seeking additional applications.” (David J. Dries, Doody's Book Reviews, May, 2017)
- Table of contents (51 chapters)
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The History of Hyperbaric Medicine
Pages 3-9
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Physical, Physiological, and Biochemical Aspects of Hyperbaric Oxygenation
Pages 11-22
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Effects of Diving and High Pressure on the Human Body
Pages 23-31
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Physical Exercise under Hyperbaric Conditions
Pages 33-38
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Hypoxia
Pages 39-48
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Table of contents (51 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Textbook of Hyperbaric Medicine
- Authors
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- Kewal K. Jain
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-47140-2
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-47140-2
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-47138-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-83664-5
- Edition Number
- 6
- Number of Pages
- XLVIII, 640
- Number of Illustrations
- 88 b/w illustrations, 83 illustrations in colour
- Topics
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