LSU
The Advocate
Baton Rouge, LA, Newspaper
February 6, 2009
Dr. Paul Harch, an LSU Health Sciences Center emergency medicine professor, is starting a pilot study on treating people with chronic traumatic brain and posttraumatic stress disorder, according to a statement from LSU Health Sciences Center.
The study will examine 30 participants, half with traumatic brain injury and half with traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder, the statement says.
LSUHSC to Conduct Study of Hyperbaric Treatment for TBI & PTSD

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center To Cconduct a Study of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Treatment for Wounded Warriors with TBI & PTSD
New Orleans, LA – Dr. Paul Harch, LSUHSC Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, is the principal investigator of a pilot study to determine the effectiveness of one or two courses of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in treating chronic traumatic brain injury (TBI) and TBI with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The study grew out of previous experience in treating TBI with hyperbaric oxygen therapy with improvement in symptoms and function.


