by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 4, 2025 | Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
In the wake of the tragic hyperbaric chamber fire that killed a 5-year-old child, there is much discussion about hyperbaric chamber safety. Several people who messaged me were shocked and worried that three people who operated the facility have been charged with...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 21, 2025 | Fight the Good Fight, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
In January, a 5-year-old boy was killed in a monoplace hyperbaric chamber fire in Michigan. Now three people who operated the facility have been charged with second-degree murder. In response to the tragedy, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) president Dr....
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 17, 2025 | Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
The first hint that the email below was from a questionable source was that it started with “Dear my friend.” I received the email below about “mil” [sic] hyperbaric oxygen chambers. This manufacturer is illegally importing inflatable chambers into the USA. Even if...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 10, 2025 | Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Lin Weaver and colleagues have published a fascinating report in Nature Scientific Reports “A double-blind randomized trial of hyperbaric oxygen for persistent symptoms after brain injury.” You should read the entire paper, but a brief summary is as follows: Adults...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Oct 28, 2024 | Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Check out the new review article by Ben-Alamer and colleagues about the neuromodulatory effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). The article discusses the ways in which HBOT might promote brain recovery and neurogenesis, and its potentially anti-inflammatory...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Sep 5, 2024 | COVID-19, COVID-19 & HBOT, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
(Plus a reminder from me about the possible benefit of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy) To better understand and manage “long COVID”, physicians must first be able to define the condition. It’s been impossible to do that without consensus on the diagnosis. The National...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Sep 3, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Dear Dr. Fife, For years you have been asking why it is so hard to do the right thing in wound care. I don’t know the answer, but this case is a great illustration of the problem. Here’s the photo of a patient I recently saw. He has had this diabetic foot ulcer for...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Aug 7, 2024 | Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Anecdotal reports have suggested that the use of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) might be associated with a rare cause of sudden blindness called non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION). In JAMA Ophthalmology, authors...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 6, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Join me for the pre-meeting on “Advances in Wound Management” at the annual Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society meeting next week in New Orleans! It will be a fantastic meeting! Check out the program and register here: Pre-course 2 – Undersea &...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 7, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight, Healthcare Payment Policy, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
CMS recently announced that the Total Per Capita Cost (TPCC) cost measure is now open for comment. CMS (through its contractor, Acumen) is gathering comments on the TPCC measure to determine updates to the measure’s attribution methodology (“attribution” is the...
