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cyprus hyperbaric oxygen centre
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The clinic is operated under the professional direction of Medical and Paramedical personnel.
Our Hyperbaric Center was founded in order to offer safe and effective Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy to the island of Cyprus.
We operate the best facility in Cyprus for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy focusing on your comfort and well-being.
The Medical Director of the facility, Dr Savvas Savoullas trained in Naval Medicine with the Greek Naval Academy in Athens, Greece and Hyperbaric Treatment at the Hyperbaric Oxygen Centre in Aberdeen, Scotland. He is a Medical Referee for the British Sub Aqua Club and a member of DAN International. Dr Savoullas is a qualified pediatrician and can treat both adults and children.
hyperbaric.oxygen
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) is the medical use of oxygen at a higher than atmospheric pressure.
therapeutic.principles
Several therapeutic principles are made use of in HBOT:
- The increased overall pressure
is of therapeutic value when HBOT is used in the treatment of
decompression sickness.
- For many other conditions, the therapeutic principle of
HBOT lies in a drastically increased partial pressure
of oxygen in the tissues of the body. The oxygen partial pressures
achievable under HBOT are much higher than those under breathing pure
oxygen at normobaric conditions (i.e. at normal atmospheric pressure).
- A related effect is the increased oxygen transport capacity of the blood. Under atmospheric pressure, oxygen transport is limited by the oxygen binding capacity of red blood cells and very little oxygen is transported by blood plasma. Because the hemoglobin of the red blood cells is almost saturated with oxygen under atmospheric pressure, this route of transport can not be exploited any further. Oxygen transport by plasma however is significantly increased under HBOT.