AIDS Under Pressure [Hardcover]

Michelle Reillo (Author), Reillo (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1997

This fascinating book presents the results of laboratory data, clinical experience, and cost-effectiveness in using hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the management of AIDS, based on over six years of clinical experience in the management of patients with HIV disease using hyperbaric oxygen therapy. In a hyperbaric chamber, patients breathe 100% oxygen under pressure, increasing blood and brain levels of oxygen. As adjunctive treatment, the author has shown improvement in managing opportunistic infections, reducing serious complications associated with drug therapy, maintenance of bodyweight, and improvement of neurologic functions. This book documents how HBOT has reduced hospitalizations and associated financial strains in her patients.

The book will be of great interest to anyone involved in the field of HIV treatment, including physicians, researchers, case managers, patients, and nurses, worldwide.

Michelle R Reillo, BSN, RN, trained in the fields of critical care and infectious disease at the University of Maryland, has been involved in the treatment of patients with AIDS since the beginning of the epidemic in 1983. She has been principal investigator on several AIDS research studies and has developed clinical protocols for health practitioners in the management of patients with HIV/AIDS. Since 1993, she has been the clinical director of LifeForce Hyperbaric Institute in Baltimore where she conducts research on hyperbaric medicine and its effects on AIDS-related complications.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 150 pages
• Publisher: Hogrefe & Huber Publishing (January 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0889371539
• ISBN-13: 978-0889371538
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,737,182 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Should be read by anyone interested in immune system., August 9, 1999

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Albert Reach ([e-mail]) (PHOENIX, ARIZONA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: AIDS Under Pressure (Hardcover)

Good basic discussion about the use of oxygen under pressure. Anyone interested in the immune system and generally keeping high resistance could benefit from this report on a valid study with "terminally ill" aids patients. Some of the technical charts and data may not interest the non-doctor reader but adds credibility to the text. The case histories and discussion on infective processes and the relationships they are finding between oxygen tissue content and the bodies mechanisms should be read. Priced very high, so may only attract seriously interested.