AMHEI. The Argentine Association of Hyperbaric Medicine and Research is a professional, scientific and non profit organization.

The Argentine institution specialized in infectious diseases continues to provide itself for the care of patients infected with COVID-19. It is the third hospital in the country that incorporates a hyperbaric chamber to study the possible impact of Hyperbaric Oxygen...

The Santojanni Hospital will develop a clinical trial to study the impact of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in reducing recovery times and the need for mechanical ventilation in patients infected with COVID-19. This protocol will also take place at the Central Hospital of...

With a new medical device, the medical institution will carry out a research protocol that aims to study whether hyperbaric oxygenation treatment reduces recovery times in patients affected with COVID-19 and how it would impact the need for mechanical ventilation...

This Friday, May 15th at 12 pm (GMT-3), the Argentine Association of Hyperbaric Medicine and Research (AAMHEI) will hold the conversation "Physiology of Hyperbaric Oxygen: Uses and Applications". On this occasion, our guest will be Dr. Constantino Balestra, an...

Given the current pandemic of COVID-19, the Argentine Association of Hyperbaric Medicine and Research (AAMHEI) shares "COVID-19: Hypoxia, inflammation and immune response", a document that develops the potential role of HyperbaricOxygen Therapy. The most recent...

Chronic pain constitutes a special therapeutic challenge. We present a narrative review of the role of hyperbaric oxygenation(HBOT) treatment in the treatment of neuropathic pain, and its applications in chronic pain, dysfunctional neuro sensitive syndromes, and...

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) accelerates the healing times of different types of wounds, including diabetic foot. Likewise, it favors neurological rehabilitation and reduces post-surgical complications. The Argentine Journal of Medicine published a paper by Dr....

One of the most serious chronic difficulties is that of the diabetic foot. It is estimated that between 10 and 30% of patients with foot ulcers will require an amputation. Diabetes Mellitus is a disease that affects the way the body uses blood sugar (glucose). Glucose...

Hyperbaric oxygen is an effective tool for the treatment of chronic wounds or difficult healing. It improves the quality of life of patients, controls infections and in some cases prevents them from reaching amputation. When body tissue is damaged, either acute (a...

The Argentine Association of Hyperbaric Medicine and Research (AAMHEI) was present at the XVIII Burns Congress, which was held from September 11 to 13 at the Tourism Hotel Casino in the city of Corrientes. In the event, important topics were developed on the problem...

Burns are a public health problem. The costs generated are high, so it is necessary to develop diagnostic and treatment guidelines to mitigate the effects on public health. In terms of its incidence worldwide, they can cause the death of up to 265,000 people a year....

After the success of the First Day of Normobaric and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy was held in Bahía Blanca in April, next October 19 at 9:00 A.M. In the Hospital of the Baxada Dr. Teresa Ratto, Paraná, Entre Rios, the II Conference on Hyperbaric Oxygenation Therapy...

The first SADI-AAMHEI scientific meeting will be held on July 17 at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will take place at the headquarters of the Argentine Infectious Society. There will be an update on "Hyperbaric oxygenation therapy (HBOT) in infectious disease". The talk will...

The hospital of Quemados "Arturo U. Illia" will be the first hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires that has a hyperbaric chamber. The chamber was donated by the company Oxavita SRL, which designs Revitalair technology chambers of national...

From June 6th to 8th it was the XVIII International Congress of Phlebology and Lymphology of the Argentine College of Venous and Lymphatic Surgery and the VII International Interuniversity Congress of Advances in Phlebology, Lymphology and Aesthetics, an event that...

Dr. José Luis Decima, Minister of Human Development of the Province of Formosa, and Dr. Esteban Estrada, Director of the High-Pressure Committee of the Argentine Association of Hyperbaric Medicine and Research (AAMHEI) evaluated the latest technologies available in...

In the context of a dissertation by Dr. Mariana Cannellotto, president of the AAMHEI, on April 20th in Madrid was exposed, among other talks, the scientific evidence of Hyperbaric Oxygenation Therapy (HBOT) in the field of Neurology. Experts in the use of HBOT were...

On april 6th it was held the first Workshop on Normobaric and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in the Assembly Hall of the Hospital Italiano Regional del Sur in Bahía Blanca, Argentina. The workshop was aimed to health professionals, students, nurses, doctors,...

It can be done at any age. It achieves, among other things, regenerate brain tissue and muscle fiber, considerably reducing the rate of amputations. In children of all ages the most common injuries are those caused by traffic, drowning, burns by fire, falls and...

On February 20th and 28th it was held the first AAMHEI training so far this year. The meeting took place at the Arturo U Ilia Quemados Hospital, located in Buenos Aires. The event was coordinated by Dr. Mercedes Portas, head of the Department of Plastic Surgery and...

Currently in Argentina the authorization of the application of HBOT in diabetic foot with classification of Wagner 4 and 5 and ulcerative lesions due to the scientific evidence is based on studies with rigid cameras working at 2.5 atm. There is a minimal risk of...

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a disease characterized by chronic and generalized musculoskeletal pain of unknown origin, where there are no other diseases or alterations that explain it. FM is a pathology recognized by all international medical organizations and by the WHO...

The first works that demonstrate the effectiveness of HBOT as adjuvant in the treatment of burns are from more than 50 years ago in miners treated for carbon monoxide poisoning, where an acceleration in the healing of their burns injuries was evidenced. Since then,...

Adult stem cells or progenitor cells (SPCs) exhibit properties similar to embryonic cells and are very promising for the treatment of degenerative disorders. They have been found in many organs and tissues, including brain, bone marrow, peripheral blood, skeletal...

Oxygen is the vital element that sustains human life. Every cell of the body needs it to complete the metabolic processes that give life and energy to the organism. Many years ago, studying this natural element, the principle of Hyperbaric Oxygenation was developed,...

Dr. Mariana Cannellotto, President of the Argentine Association of Hyperbaric Medicine and Research (AAMHEI), spoke on the "Hyperbaric Chamber and its application in wounds infected by anaerobes", during the University Symposium on Venous Ulcer, Healing and Advanced...

Introduction Diabetes is the main cause of non-traumatic lower limb amputation. Worldwide, each year, more than 1 million amputations are performed as a result of this pathology. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (OTH) has been proposed as a medical treatment for diabetic...

Type AB or 2nd-degree burns affect almost the entire thickness of the dermis; the re-capitalization of the scarce intact dermal remains is slow. Experimental models showed that OTH reduces edema and plasma extravasation, prevents the progression of necrosis, reduces...

Health research has a great value for society since it helps those who make decisions regarding health care, it provides important information about the trends of diseases and risk factors. Clinical trials are a key research tool for the advancement of medical...

Mariana Cannellotto is a doctor graduated from the University of Buenos Aires (2001), specialized in clinical focused on the study of cellular oxidative stress, oxygen metabolism, hyperbaric medicine, study and evaluation of trace elements, iron metabolism,...