INDICATIONS FOR HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY
(According to International Classifications for Hyperbaric Medicine)

1. Currently accepted indications for hyperbaric oxygenation as a main therapy:

• Air or gas embolism
• Decompression sickness
• Carbon monoxide poisoning, cyanide poisoning, drug intoxication e.g. barbiturates
• Gas gangrene (Clostridial)

2. Indications for hyperbaric oxygenation as an adjunctive therapy:

• Traumatic injuries
• Spinal cord injury
• Traumatic amputations and reimplantations of a limbs
• Aseptic necrosis of femoral head (Chandler's diseases)
• Necrotizing soft tissue infections
• Problem wounds: nonhealing wounds of the lower extremity, diabetic foot, venous stasis ulcers, decubitus ulcers, frostbite
• Osteomyelitis (Refractory)
• Cardio- vascular deseases
• Neurological deseases
• Multiple sclerosis
• Post stroke stage
• Sports medicine and rehabilitation
• Thermal burns, plastic and cosmetic surgery
• Cerebral palsy
• Exceptional blood loss (Anemia)
• Tinnitus; Sudden deafness; Meniere's disease
• Lyme deseases
• Hepatic encephalitis