Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy at Emory University Hospital Midtown
The Hyperbaric Oxygen Unit at Emory University Hospital Midtown provides treatment for patients that would benefit from the administration of pressurized 100% oxygen. Although hyperbaric therapy is most often associated with the treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning and decompression illness in scuba divers, hyperbaric oxygen therapy is also indicated for multiple types of wounds and infections including diabetic foot wounds, osteomyelitis, non-healing surgical wounds and necrotic wounds such as gangrene. Other indications include:
- Air or gas embolism
- Delayed radiation injuries to soft tissue and/or bone
- Crush injuries and compartment syndrome
- Problem wounds such as those due to arterial insufficiency
Benefits of hyperbaric oxygen therapy include dramatically increasing the amount of oxygen in the bloodstream and surrounding tissues to aid in the healing process, promoting white blood cell killing of bacteria, creating new blood vessels (angiogenesis), and reduction of edema.
Emory University Hospital Midtown offers this unique treatment in a convenient location, Midtown Atlanta.
For more information, please call 404-778-2000 or 1-800-75-EMORY.
Located at Emory University Hospital Midtown
550 Peachtree Street, NE
3rd Floor Davis Fischer Building
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
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