Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the management of carbon monoxide poisoning, osteoradionecrosis, burns, skin grafts and crush injury

Saunders P
Record ID 32000000924
English
Authors' objectives:

Question addressed by this review: Is hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO2) effective in the treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning, osteoradionecrosis, burns, skin grafts and crush injury?

Authors' recommendations: While HBO2 is widely accepted as the appropriate treatment for gas embolism and decompression sickness, there is no convincing evidence that it is of benefit for the treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning (severe or moderate), osteoradionecrosis, burns, skin grafts or crush injury. However there is a physiological case for an effect of HBO2 in conditions involving hypoxia such as osteoradionecrosis and wound healing.
Authors' methods: Systematic review
Details
Project Status: Completed
Year Published: 2000
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: England
MeSH Terms
  • Burns
  • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
  • Hyperbaric Oxygenation
  • Osteoradionecrosis
Contact
Organisation Name: West Midlands Health Technology Assessment Collaboration
Contact Address: Elaena Donald-Lopez, West Midlands Health Technology Assessment Collaboration, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT Tel: +44 121 414 7450; Fax: +44 121 414 7878
Contact Name: louise.a.taylor@bham.ac.uk
Contact Email: louise.a.taylor@bham.ac.uk
Copyright: University of Birmingham
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