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S Lowe1, D R Le Mercier du Quesnay2, Pmh Gayle3

  • 1Private practice, Kingston, Jamaica.

The West Indian Medical Journal
|February 25, 2016
PubMed

This is a special case report on Jamaica's first use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in stroke recovery, presented at the 56th Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons in Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica. The literature and story behind the trial ‒ covering case history, diagnosis and discussion of outcome ‒ technical issues, costing, insurance and possibilities for income earning and health tourism are explored.

Keywords:
Cerebrovascular accident recoveryhealth tourismhyperbaric oxygen therapystroke recoverystroke rehabilitation

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