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Although no double blind randomized study has been performed, Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) has been proposed and used as an adjunctive treatment for anoxic encephalopathy for more than 30 years. More recently, both cell and animal studies have supported this proposal
Post-hanging anoxic encephalopathy has been extensively studied by our team; and, while the neurological outcome depends on the initial severity of the anoxic insult, we have found in a series of 305 patients that 67 % totally recovered, 25% died and 8% suffered sequelae. These results should encourage research in this field
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Wattel, F. (2006). Anoxic Encephalopathy. In: Mathieu, D. (eds) Handbook on Hyperbaric Medicine. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4448-8_25
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