• Chinese Med J Peking · Dec 2006

    Evaluation of hyperbaric oxygen treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders following traumatic brain injury.

    • Xiao-yan Shi, Zhong-quan Tang, Da Sun, and Xiao-jun He.
    • Neuroscience Care Unit, Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University College of Medicine, Hangzhou, China. xys0571@hotmail.com
    • Chinese Med J Peking. 2006 Dec 5;119(23):1978-82.

    BackgroundImprovement of clinical symptoms following hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders arising from traumatic brain injury was proved by our previous study. This study was aim to obtain the evidence of other changes.MethodsThree hundred and ten patients with neuropsychiatric disorders arising from traumatic brain injury were treated twice with hyperbaric oxygen. Cerebral single photon emissions computed tomography (SPECT) images and computed tomography scans (CT) before and after hyperbaric oxygen treatment, were compared.ResultsBefore treatment, the proportion of abnormal cerebral changes detected by SPECT was 81.3% but only 15.2% by CT. After HBO treatment, 70.3% of SPECT scans showed no abnormalities and these patients were clinically improved. Treatment improved regional cerebral blood flow.ConclusionSPECT was much more sensitive than CT in the diagnosis of neuropsychiatric disorders following hyperbaric oxygen treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders arising from traumatic brain injury.

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