Glossary
Normobaric
At normal atmospheric pressure (1 ATA).
Normobaric means at ordinary sea-level pressure. "Normobaric oxygen" is breathing extra oxygen without pressure — useful, but delivering a fraction of the dissolved oxygen that hyperbaric (pressurized) oxygen achieves.
More terms
Stem cell mobilization
HBOT's ability to release stem cells from bone marrow into circulation.
Oxygen toxicity
The adverse effects of breathing too much oxygen at pressure.
NCD 20.29
The Medicare National Coverage Determination that governs HBOT coverage.
Decompression sickness
Illness from nitrogen bubbles forming after rapid ascent from depth.