ABSTRACT
Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) therapy is a growing specialty in medicine that overlaps many other specialties due to the ever-increasing understanding of the numerous physiologic effects of O2 under pressure. The increasing elucidation of HBO2 mechanisms of action has increased the therapeutic application of this treatment by specially trained physicians around the globe. This chapter provides an overview of HBO2 therapy, including the basic science, physiology, and the clinical indications relevant to the fields of trauma and critical care.
