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. 2021 Oct 11;13(10):e18671.

doi: 10.7759/cureus.18671. eCollection 2021 Oct.

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Therapeutic Outcome of Burn Patients Treated With Hyperbaric Oxygen

Tawfeik Alyafi et al. Cureus. 2021.

Abstract

Amongst various interventions for burns and inhalation injuries, hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) has recently been widely integrated as an adjunctive management of care due to its therapeutic properties in reducing tissue hypoxia, pathological inflammation, and augmenting neovascularization. However, the limitation of human clinical trials and data undermines its efficacy to be implemented as an adjunctive therapeutic modality in burns. The purpose of the literature review is to determine the efficacy of HBOT as an adjunct to standard management in burns. A review of the literature was done by searching PubMed, Cochrane, Medline, EMBASE, and Google Scholar for papers addressing the comparison of therapeutic outcomes between HBOT and non-HBOT in burns. Current research findings are conflicting, and the use of HBOT as an adjunct in burns management is still controversial. Therefore there is still a need for more data and research on the therapeutic benefits of HBOT in burn management.

Keywords: burns; carbon monoxide poisoning; hyperbaric oxygen therapy; review; thermal injury.

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