NEW RELEASE- Hyperbaric Medicine Practice 5th Edition

NEW RELEASE- Hyperbaric Medicine Practice 5th Edition

BEST PUBLISHING COMPANY

February, 2025
Best Publishing Company released the 5th edition of Hyperbaric Medicine Practice edited by Harry T. Whelan, M.D. and shaped by over 70 contributors worldwide. Catch a glimpse of the magnitude of this edition as you read exerps of HMP 5th Edition's Preface written by Dr. Michael Strauss.

PREFACE
"The 5th Edition of Hyperbaric Medicine Practice has evolved into a monumental information source for our discipline of undersea and hyperbaric medicine. The text has expanded enough for it to be published in two volumes. It now has 50 chapters as compared to 46 in the previous 4th edition. This is not only a compliment to the contributors of the new chapters, but also a reflection of how hyperbaric medicine directions have expanded in the seven years since the previous edition was published. For this edition Dr. Harry Whelan chose to include the late Dr. Eric Kindwall as co-author of the reinstituted chapter on decompression sickness (DCS). Dr. Kindwall was the mastermind and editor of the first edition of HMP published 30 years ago. He and Dr. David Elliott were the authors of the DCS chapter in the first three editions of HMP.  

"Hyperbaric Medicine Practice is the "go to" source for the
undersea and hyperbaric medicine board examination preparations.
It is a must for anyone studying or practicing hyperparic medicine."
Dr. Michael Strauss

No other source can in a single text give such a comprehensive spectrum of hyperbaric medicine, from clinical applications to undersea medicine, from mechanisms to off-label uses, and from safety to side effects. For the skeptics of hyperbaric medicine, the text thanks to the expertise of its contributors provides additional insight and support for the justification and spectrum of applications of hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

ABOUT THE EDITOR
Harry T. Whelan, M.D., is Emeritus Professor of Neurology and Undersea/Hyperbaric Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He is also a Captain and a Diving Medical Officer (DMO) in the U.S. Navy, a consultant to the Navy Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU), and recently served as Commanding Officer of Marine Air Control Group 48 Medical and Undersea Medical Officer for Deep Submergence Unit.

ABOUT THE EDITION
The first volume of the 5th edition of HMP focuses on the approved uses of hyperbaric oxygen with considerations to its mechanisms, side effects, safety and contraindications, which comprise the mainstray of the clinical applications of HBO2 therapy. The second volume has expanded chapters on the branch of hyperbaric medicine dealing with undersea-submarine medicine, off label uses, and use of hyperbaric chambers for "gray areas which have some justification for use, but are often unregulated such as in sports medicine and traumatic brain injuries. In essence, this reaffirms the 5th edition HMP as the "Bible" of hyperbaric medicine wIth its tried-and-true indications and its exploratory and unproven uses. 

Some other notable features of the 5th edition are the upwards of 70 contributors from multiple countries, its nearly 2,000-page length, and thousands of reference citations. Information on or metion of almost everything that has ever been said or done in hyperbaric medicine can be found in this edition of HMP.  

SECTION 1 Hyperbaric Oxygen General Considerations

1. Clinical Hyperbaric Facility Accreditation: Process Improvement in Action - W.T. Workman
2. Physiological Effects of Hyperbaric Oxyen - Gerardo Bosco, Enrico M. Camporesi
3. Oxygen Toxicity - Heather Annis, Aliyah Keval, Harry T. Whelan
4. Management of Critically Ill Patients in the Monoplace Hyperbaric Chamber - Lindell K. Weaver
5. Multiplace Hyperbaric Chamber - Giacomo Garetto, Gerardo Bosco
6. Hyperbaric Nursing - Valerie Messina
7. The Use of Drugs Under Pressure - Ryan Feldman, PharMD, Eric Kindwall
8. Myringotomy - Michael E. McCormick, Joseph E. Kerschner
9. Contraindications and Relative Risks of Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment - Phi-Nga Jeannie Le, M.D., Carlos René Dostal, M.D., Ph.D.
10. Side Effects & Complications: Selected Overview & Brief Guide to Management - Phi-Nga Jeannie Le, John B. Slade Jr., Jason A. Kelly, E. George Wolf
11. Pediatric Considerations for Hyperbaric Medicine - Merritt G. Tuttle, MD, Pamela C. Petersen, MD, Michael T. Meyer, MD, Paul Thombs, MD
12. The Role of Oxygen and Hyperbaric Oxygen Mechanisms - Michael B. Strauss, Lientra Q. Lu
    

SECTION 2 Disorders Approved for Hyperbaric Treatment

13. Biochemistry Mechanisms of Hyperbaric Oxygen - Enrico Camporesi, Gerardo Bosco
14. Carbon Monoxide - Jillian Theobald
15. Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss - Tracy Leigh LeGros, Heather Murphy-Lavoie
16. Gas Embolism - Richard E. Moon, MD, FACP, FCCP
17. Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen in Infectious Disease: Basic Mechanisms - Rodney E. Willoughby, Jr.
18. Gas Gangrene - Harry T. Whelan, Richard Heimbach, Aliyah Keval
19. Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections and Wounds - Michael B. Strauss, MD, Katherine Wilson, BS, Harry Whelan, MD
20. Hyperbaric Oxygen in Intracranial Abscess - Lorenz A. Lampl, Guenter Frey, Dietmar Fischer, Enrico Staps
21. Roles of hyperbaric Oxygen for Refractory Osteomyelitis - Michael B. Strauss, MD, Katherine Wilson, BS, Stuart Miller, MD, With Special Contributors: Masyuki Kawashima, MD, Mahito Kawashima, MD, Takashi Yamaguchi, MD
22. Strategic Approach to Diabetic Foot Ulcers adn Other Wounds - Michael B. Strauss, MD, Katherine Wilson, BS
23. Evaluation and Management of the Diabetic Foot Ulcer - Enoch Huang, Marvin Heyboer III
24. Adjunctive Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Diabetic Foot Ulcers - Enoch Huang, Marvin Heyboer II
25. The Microcirculation and Ischemia-Reperfusion - Richard C. Baynosa, William A. Zamboni, John Brosious
26. The Roles of Hyperbaric Oxygen in Traumatic Ischemias - Michael B. Strauss, Lientra Q. Lu
27. Hyperbaric Oxygen Use in Exceptional Blood Loss Anemia - Keith W. Van Meter
28. Hyperbaric Oxygen in Skin Grafts adn Flaps - Jenna Cusic, Chelsea Venditto, Hani S. Matloub
29. Ratiation Injury to Tissue - Robert E. Marx
30. The Use of Hyperbaric Oxygen for Treating Delayed Ratiation Injuries in Gynecologic Malignancies - Harry T. Whelan, Chris Kilian
31. Adjunctive Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in the Treatment of Thermal Burns - Paul Cianci, Ronald M. Sato, Julia Faulkner
32. Central Retinal Artery Occlusion - Heather Murphy-Lavoie, Tracy Leigh LeGros
    

SECTION 3 Hyperbaric Oxygen used in Off Label Disorders and Investigational Areas

33. Decompression Sickness and Its Foundations in Decompression Science - Michael B. Strauss, Katherine Wilson, Eric Kindwall, David Elliott
34. Off-Label Indications for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy - Glen C Hawkins, Michael H Bennett and Simon J Mitchell
35. Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment of Avascular Bone Necrosis of the Femoral Head - Vincenzo Zanon, Giuliano Vezzani, Enrico M. Camporesi, Gerardo Bosco
36. Use of Adjunctive Hyperbaric Oxygen i the Management of Invasive Fungal Infections - Lisardo Garcia-Covarrubias, Diana M. Barratt
37. Treatment of the Brown REcluse Spider Bite with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy - Matthew Stanton
38. Hyperbaric Oxygen in Traumatic Brain Injury - Sarah B. Rockswold MD, Gaylan L. Rockswold, MD, PhD
39. Neurological Aspects of Hyperbaric Medicine - Ann K. Helms, Charles C. Falzon, Aliyah Keval, Harry T. Whelan
40. Hyperbaric Oxygen in the Treatment of Hansen's Disease - David Youngblood, MD, Tomaz Brito, MD
41. Off-Label Use of Hyperbaric Oxygen - Katherine Wilson, BS, Michael Strauss, MD
    

SECTION 4 Diving, Submarine Rescue, and Life in the Sea

42. Hyperbaric Oxygen in Sports Medicine - Michael B. Strauss, Katherine Wilson, Kazuyoshi Yagishita, Takuya Oyaizu
43. Emergency Management of Stricken Divers in Remote Areas - Joseph Dituri,Carla Renaldo
44. Fracture Healing and Roles of Hyperbaric Oxygen - Michael B. Strauss, MD, Katherine Wilson, BS
45. Ketogenic Diet adn Ketogenic Supplementaton - Angela M. Poff , Heather Annis, Csilla Ari, Dominic P. D’Agostino
46. Submarien Rescue Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine - Joseph Dituri, Harry T. Whelan
47. Dive Medicine - Terrance L. Leighton III, Jonathan E. Strain
48. Closed-Circuit Rebreathers - Derek Covington, MD, Charlotte Sadler, MD, Richard Sadler, MD
49. Maladies Specific to Technical and Rebreather Divers - Heather Annis, MD, Harry Whelan, MD,
    Joseph Dituri, PhD, CDR US Navy (ret)
50. Ocean Exploration: Living in the Deep Sea - Harry T. Whelan, Terrance L. Leighton III, Heather Annis, Joseph Ditur
    
    

FOCUS & FUTURE
Harry T. Whelan, Terrance L. Leighton III, Heather Annis, and Joseph Dituri, join together to write the final chapter, Ocean Exploration: Living in the Deep Sea. "From the beginning of time, humanity has been limited, and therefore intrigued by, the sea. We are forever surrounded by it and have barely begun to explore and understand it. Centuries ago it was thought to be controlled by Posiedon, and still to this day humans are limited by the mighty ocean. We try to sail over it, cruise under it, and live in it, and yet she so many times gets the upper hand because humans still need what the sea can't rovide...AIR."

This chapter invites readers on an underwater journey diving in with Jacques Cousteau, exploring Conshelf Series, building to the development of the SEA LAB projects created by the U.S.Navy. We explore the Poseidon Project, space, technology, and finish with protecting our oceans.  The Motivation for this chapter is best expressed in the authors' own words:

"After writing Land to Sea, (Whelan HT, Annis, H, Guajardo P. From Land to Sea; Embracing a Renewable Future) which investigated the growing number of pharmaceuticals and other bioderived products from the deep ocean, the authors were struck by the differences in spending between space and ocean research at the expense of bio-innovation and conservation and thier direct contribution to improving and sustaining human existence on Earth."

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