The benefits of simultaneous hyperbaric oxygen therapy and antioxidant supplementation in the management of anxiogenic response to thermal skin injury in rats
Dragica Selakovic, Nemanja Jovicic, Bojana Krstic, Milos Krstic, Sara Rosic, Gvozden Rosic · FENS Forum 2024
Aims: Psychiatric morbidity and functional limitations are widespread in patients with thermal skin injury. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) and antioxidant supplementation have been adjunctive therapy to promote wound healing. We evaluated the effects of HBO (100% O2 at 2.5 ATA for 60 minutes) and the antioxidant supplementation – Filipendula ulmaria (FU) extract (100 mg/kg b.w.), individually, in the treatment of anxiety-like behavior that occurs along the thermal skin injury in rat for seven days. Methods: Anxiety level estimation was performed in the open field and the elevated plus maze te