Rozali A, Rampal K G, Zin B Mohd, Sherina M S, Khairuddin H, Abd Halim M, Sulaiman A
Armed Forces Health Services Division, Malaysian Armed Forces Headquarters, Lumut.
Med J Malaysia. 2006 Dec;61(5):647-50.
Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine is a treatment modality gaining recognition in Malaysia. It uses the hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) approach where patients are placed in recompression chambers and subjected to oxygen therapy under pressure. In Malaysia it was introduced as early as the 1960's by the Royal Malaysian Navy to treat their divers for decompression illness (DCI), arterial gas embolism (AGE) and barotraumas. Other sectors in the armed forces, universities and private health centres began developing this approach too in the late 1990's, for similar purposes. In 1996, Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine began gaining its popularity when the Institute of Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine at the Armed Forces Hospital in Lumut started treating specific clinical diseases such as diabetic foot ulcers, osteomyelitis, and carbon monoxide poisoning and other diseases using HBOT. This paper discusses the development of this interesting treatment modality, giving a brief historical overview to its current development, as well as provides some thought for its future development in Malaysia.
水下与高压氧医学在马来西亚正成为一种受到认可的治疗方式。它采用高压氧疗法（HBOT），即让患者置身于再加压舱内并在压力下接受氧疗。在马来西亚，早在20世纪60年代皇家马来西亚海军就引入了这种疗法，用于治疗潜水员的减压病（DCI）、动脉气体栓塞（AGE）和气压伤。20世纪90年代末，武装部队的其他部门、大学和私立健康中心也出于类似目的开始采用这种疗法。1996年，当位于卢穆特的武装部队医院的水下与高压氧医学研究所开始使用HBOT治疗诸如糖尿病足溃疡、骨髓炎、一氧化碳中毒等特定临床疾病时，水下与高压氧医学开始受到欢迎。本文讨论了这种有趣治疗方式的发展，简要回顾了其从历史到当前的发展历程，并对其在马来西亚的未来发展提出了一些思考。
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