Late application of hyperbaric oxygen therapy during the rehabilitation of a patient with severe cognitive impairment after a traumatic brain injury

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Dec 29;9(2):960-965. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3658. eCollection 2021 Feb.

Authors

Małgorzata Skiba¹, Anna Rękas-Dudziak², Artur Bekała², Włodzimierz Płotek²

Affiliations

¹ Stefan Cardinal Wyszyński District Specialist Hospital Lublin Poland.
² Gynaecological-Obstetric Clinical Hospital of the Poznań University of Medical Sciences Poznań Poland.

Abstract

The hyperbaric therapy resulted in the patient's quick recovery and significantly accelerated the recovery after the brain injury.

Keywords: cognitive functioning; hyperbaric oxygen therapy; traumatic brain injury.

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