in 24-48 h.2 Although our case regained consciousness within 2 h, the course went probably this way. In a study in which complete recovery was the endpoint, two HBO sessions were shown to have worse outcomes than one session in patients with initial coma. 3 Our case suggests the contrary. Repeated HBO therapy could have allowed the oedema to resolve, as in delayed encephalopathy.4
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