Glossary
Reperfusion injury
Tissue damage that occurs when blood flow returns after a period of oxygen loss.
Reperfusion injury is paradoxical damage that happens when blood — and oxygen — floods back into tissue that was starved. HBOT has been shown to modulate the inflammatory cascade involved, part of its benefit in crush injury and some flap salvage.
More terms
Fibroblast
The cell that builds collagen and rebuilds wounds — and needs oxygen to work.
Henry's Law
The physical law explaining why pressure forces more oxygen into blood plasma.
Multiplace chamber
A walk-in chamber holding several patients, pressurized with air.
Isopression
The steady middle phase of a session at full treatment pressure.