AIDS Under Pressure

Hyperbaric Medicine in the Treatment of HIV Disease


Reillo, M.
1997, 150 pp., hardcover

US $41.00 / CAN $50.00 / Euro 32.95
ISBN: 978-0-88937-153-8This 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 hyberbaric 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. Long term survivors, diagnosed with AIDS six years ago, have continued to maintain a normal life using HBOT three times per week. 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. She has had numerous articles published in peer reviewed medical and nursing journals.

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