[Effect of hyperbaric oxygenation on residual insulin secretion in patients with diabetes mellitus type 1]

The paper is concerned with the results of a study of the C-peptide concentration in blood serum of 45 patients with type I diabetes mellitus prior to and during therapy with hyperbaric oxygenation (HBO). Each patient was given 10-12 HBO sessions. A HBO therapeutic course was shown to stimulate residual insulin secretion in type I diabetes mellitus with a period of disease not more than 3 years, a daily dose of insulin not more than 60 units, in the absence of excess body mass over 10%, and retinopathy over stage I. Prognostic criteria make it possible to take into account clinical factors in the course of diabetes mellitus preventing the normalization or stimulation of residual basal insulin secretion which can be used for the determination of indications for HBO therapy aimed at the stimulation of insulin secretion.