Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Recompression Therapy or Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is well established treatment modality for "the bends" or known as Decompression Illness. Few centres in Malaysia, pioneered by Malaysian Armed Forces. Usage of the therapy had been applied for chronic wound such as diabetic wound, post revascularization peripheral arterial disease and many others type of wound. Apart from that, post radiation injury patients were included and showed good relative recovery rate compared to current standard therapy. In addition, injured athletes among the serviceman had shortened their period of return to full duty with the addition of clinical Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. Significant survival of victim of Hydrogen Sulphide poisoning may change the approach from adjunct to mainstream therapy. Positive impacts were seen from some other patients that suffer from burn, abscess, post graft, and sensorineural hearing loss. CONCLUSION: Malaysia may explore more in this field of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for the better care of future generation.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-16,
title = {Usage of Recompression Therapy in Malaysia: Cases Review},
author = {Mohd Muzammil Ozair},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Recompression Therapy or Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is well established treatment modality for "the bends" or known as Decompression Illness. Few centres in Malaysia, pioneered by Malaysian Armed Forces. Usage of the therapy had been applied for chronic wound such as diabetic wound, post revascularization peripheral arterial disease and many others type of wound. Apart from that, post radiation injury patients were included and showed good relative recovery rate compared to current standard therapy. In addition, injured athletes among the serviceman had shortened their period of return to full duty with the addition of clinical Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. Significant survival of victim of Hydrogen Sulphide poisoning may change the approach from adjunct to mainstream therapy. Positive impacts were seen from some other patients that suffer from burn, abscess, post graft, and sensorineural hearing loss. CONCLUSION: Malaysia may explore more in this field of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for the better care of future generation.},
note = {Type: PLENARY AND SYMPOSIUM; Organisation: Malaysian Armed Forces Hospital, Kota Kinabalu},
keywords = {decompression illness, Malaysian Armed Forces, recompression therapy},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}