Diving deep into hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

The article discusses effective applications for hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) therapy including its contraindications, nursing considerations and safety issues. Topics include the reference to the one hundred percent oxygen-pressurized hyperbaric chambers, greater than atmospheric conditions relative to body's ambient pressure as well as Henry's Law on gas behaviors as with carbon dioxide (CO2). Also mentioned are oxygen dissolution in blood plasma, oxygen therapeutic levels and hemoglobin.