Abstract:Objective To observe the clinical effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on the patients with ischemic encephalopathy induced by ischemia and hypoxia, and to observe the effect of hyperbaric oxygen on hemorheology.Methods Forty cases diagnosed as depression due to ischemic hypoxic encephalopathy were admitted to our hospital. The patients were randomly divided into treatment group and control group according to the order of admission with 20 in each group. The treatment group received hyperbaric oxygen combined with conventional symptomatic drug treatment, the control group received only conventional symptomatic drug treatment. The hyperbaric oxygen treatment was given once every other day, 1 week for a course of treatment, four courses for a total treatment course. Before and after treatment the reduction rate of Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD) score was used to evaluate the overall clinical efficacy in the two groups, Mini Mental State Examination Scale (MMSE) was used to assess cognitive function and Barthel index score was utilized to estimate the patients' activity of daily living (ADL). Meanwhile hemorheological changes of the two groups were detected. Results In both groups, the treatment methods were effective after the total course of treatment (P < 0.05), the cognitive function, ADL and blood rheology were improved compared with those before treatment (P < 0.05); however, the total effective rate was higher in the treatment group (P < 0.05), and each index was better improved compared with the control group (P < 0.05). Conclusions The application of hyperbaric oxygen combined with conventional symptomatic drug treatment has exact integrated clinical curative effect on depressive state of patients with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy. This method can significantly improve the hemorheological indexes in the patients, and promote the recovery of damaged brain cells as much as possible. It is worthy of further research and promotion.