FAUSTINO, M. V. A. S.; FAUSTINO, Marcos Vinícius de Araújo Souza.
Resumo:
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy consists in inhalation of 100% oxygen concentration
under high pressure that is obtained inside of a hyperbaric chamber. This therapy is
usually indicated to pathology treatments, which lesions present low oxygen tension.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is in initial phase in Veterinary Medicine. Thereby, this
work aims the literature review about the indication and objective of this therapy,
enumerates the pathologies that can be treated through it; describes about hyperbaric
chambers types, comments about scientific laws that support the application of it and
shows the oxygen participation in regeneration process of different tissues. Therefore it
is very important for this professional area, the spreading of knowledge about this
innovating therapy that makes available one more therapeutic resource that offers to
patients the advantages to obtain health with aesthetic and functional qualities.