Effect of Hyperbaric Oxygen Intervention on Oxidative Stress and Expression of Nerve Growth Factor in Patients with Craniocerebral Injury

OBJECTIVE: To examine the impact of hyperbaric oxygen intervention on oxidative stress and nerve growth factor in patients with craniocerebral injury. METHODS: Using the random number table method, 40 patients with craniocerebral injury who were treated at the First People’s Hospital of Nantong were randomly assigned to either the control group or the hyperbaric oxygen group, with 20 patients in each group. The control group received routine intervention for clinical traumatic brain injury, while the hyperbaric oxygen group received additional hyperbaric oxygen intervention during the 7 to 30 days of routine intervention. Indicators of oxidative stress and nerve growth factor levels were compared between the two groups at the time of admission and 30 days after therapy. RESULTS: The serum levels of superoxide dismutase, endothelium-derived relaxing factor—nitric oxide, and nerve growth factor in the hyperbaric oxygen group increased more significantly than in the control group. The serum malondialdehyde concentration was also significantly reduced in the hyperbaric oxygen group. CONCLUSION: Hyperbaric oxygen intervention can successfully lower systemic oxidative stress response and increase the expression level of nerve growth factor in patients with craniocerebral injury.