High Diabetes Rates Drive Up Use of Hyperbaric Chambers
Some inland southern California hospitals have begun adding hyperbaric oxygen chambers to treat area patients with slow-healing wounds. According to physicians, the region has a high rate of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases that lead to chronic wounds.
- "Treating Wounds With Hyperbaric Chambers Grows Along With Inland Diabetes Rate" (Lou, Riverside Press-Enterprise, 8/27).