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Breathing oxygen in a pressurized environment allows healing. Dive into a promising practice, discussed during the Neuroplanète forum.
By Heloise Rambert
Pressurized. Dr. Andreas Kauert, head of department in the hyperbaric oxygen treatment unit at the University Hospital of Nice, is invited to present this technique during the inaugural evening of the Neuroplanète forum, on March 9.
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Installed in front of their control screens, at the Cavale-Blanche hospital (CHU de Brest), Dr. Anne Henckes and her nurse gaze at their patients. In the image, seven patients are seated side by side, a book in hand. A Plexiglas mask covers their nose and mouth. Near them, a second nurse ensures the smooth running of operations. They are confined in a hyperbaric chamber, a kind of large hermetically sealed and overpressurized steel chamber. ” The pressure they experience is two and a half times that which we experience on earth. It’s as if they were diving 15 meters deep “says the doctor. All of them breathe oxygen into their masks. Before they enter the box, the safety instructions were hammered to them…
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