Dr Christer Hammarlund
Title: MD, PhD
Name: Christer Hammarlund
Born: in January 1948
Education: Medical Doctor (University of Lund) 1975; specialist in anaesthesiology 1983
Academic title: PhD 1995
Present position: Head hyperbaric Unit
Address: Hyperbaric Unit, Helsingborg Hospital, S-251 87 Helsingborg
Phone number: +46 (0)42 4062149
Email: christer [dot] hammarlund [at] skane [dot] se
Relevant Scientific publications (in Diving and HBO)
Hammarlund C., Castenfors J., and Svedman P. "Dermal vascular response to hyperoxia in healthy volunteers." Proceedings of the Second Swiss Symposium on Hyberbaric Medicine. DJ Bakker & J Schmutz (Eds.) Foundation for Hyperbaric Medicine. Basel. 1988; 55-59.
Hammarlund C., Svedman C., and Svedman P "Hyperbaric oxygen treatment of healthy volunteers with u.v.-irradiated blister wounds." Burns. 1991; 17(4):296-301.
Hammarlund C, Ornhagen H. All symptoms within 24 hours after diving should be evaluated by experts in diving medicine [Article in Swedish]. Lakartidningen. 1992 Jun 24; 89(26-27):2386-7.
Hammarlund, C. and Sundberg, T. Hyperbaric oxygen reduced size of chronic leg ulcers: a randomized double-blind study. Plast.Reconstr.Surg.1994; 93(4):829-33; discussion 834.
Hammarlund C, Kutlu N, Gustafson P, Thorsen C, and Svedman P. Effects of Oxygen Breathing on Blister Wound Microcirculation in Man. In Hyperbaric Oxygenation and Wound Repair. Effects on the Dermal Microcirculation. Doctoral Dissertation. Lund University, Sweden 1995.
Hammarlund, C. Hyperoxaemia causes an increase in blood flow in hypoxic wounds (The ”Robin Hood” effect).
Clinical implications. EUBS 1999.
Hammarlund, C. Extreme sensitivity to nitrogen narcosis. An explanation to some diving fatalities? EUBS 1999
Hammarlund, C. Role of HBO in the management of limb ulcer. Conference on oxygen and tissue repair 27-28 October 2006. Ravenna Italy.
Löndahl M, Katzman P, Nilsson A, Hammarlund C, Sellman A, Wykman A, Hugo-Persson M, Apelqvist J. A prospective study: hyperbaric oxygen therapy in diabetics with chronic foot ulcers.
J Wound Care 2006 Nov; 15(10):457-9.
Hammarlund C, Löndahl M, Katzman P, Nilsson A and Apelqvist J. The effect of hyperbaric oxygenation on diabetic foot ulcers (the HODFU-study). A single-centre, prospective, randomised double-blind placebo-controlled parallel-group study.
ICHM (International Congress of Hyperbaric Medicine, 2008-10-26—10-29 Beijing, China).
Löndahl M, Katzman P, Nilsson A and Hammarlund C. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Facilitates Healing of Chronic foot ulcers in Patients with Diabetes. Diabetes Care, Volume 33, Number 5, May 2010.