Publications Considered To Represent The Best Evidence Of Hyperbaric Medicine

Last updated 3/15/2008.

  1. Basic science
  2. Clinical Science
  3. Review

1. Air or Gas Embolism

  1. CEREBRAL AIR EMBOLISM TREATED BY PRESSURE AND HYPERBARIC OXYGEN
    CATRON PW, DUTKA AJ, BIONDI DA, ET AL.
    NEUROLOGY 1991;41:314-315
  2. PULMONARY BAROTRAUMA IN SUBMARINE ESCAPE TRAINEES AND THE TREATMENT OF CEREBRAL ARTERIAL AIR EMBOLISM
    BROOKS GJ, GREEN RD, LEITCH DR.
    AVIATION, SPACE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE 1986;57:1201-1207
  3. PULMONARY BAROTRAUMA-INDUCED CEREBRAL ARTERIAL GAS EMBOLISM WITH SPONTANEOUS RECOVERY: COMMENTARY ON THE RATIONALE FOR THERAPEUTIC COMPRESSION
    CLARKE D, GERARD W, NORRIS T
    AVIAT SPACE ENVIRON MED 2002;73(2):139-146

2. Carbon Monoxide

  1. FUNCTIONAL INHIBITION OF LEUKOCYTE B2 INTEGRINS BY HYPERBARIC OXYGEN IN CARBON MONOXIDE-MEDIATED BRAIN INJURY IN RATS
    THOM SR
    TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY 1993;123:248-256
  2. HYPERBARIC OXYGEN FOR ACUTE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
    WEAVER LK, HOPKINS RO, CHAN KJ, ET AL.
    N ENGL J MED 2002;347(14):1057-1067
  3. CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING: INTERPRETATION OF RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS AND UNRESOLVED TREATMENT ISSUES
    HAMPSON NB, MATHIEU D, PIANTADOSI CA, ET AL.
    UNDERSEA HYPER MED 2001;28(3):157-164 
    CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
    PIANTADOSI CA
    UNDERSEA HYPER MED 2004;31(1):167-177

3. Gas Gangrene

  1. EFFECT OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN AND SURGERY ON EXPERIMENTAL MULTIMICROBIAL GAS GANGRENE
    HIRN M, NIINIKOSKI J, LEHTONEN OP
    EUR SURG RES 1993;25:265-269
  2. MANAGEMENT OF CLOSTRIDIAL GAS GANGRENE AND THE ROLE OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN
    KORHONEN K, KLOSSNER J, HIRN M, ET AL.
    ANNALES CHIRURGIAE ET GYNAECOLOGIAE 1999;88:139-142
  3. HYPERBARIC OXYGEN IN THE TREATMENT OF GAS GANGRENE AND PERINEAL NECROTIZING FASCIITIS
    HIRN M
    EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY SUPPLEMENT 1993;570:1-36

4. Crush Injury; Compartment Ischemia; Other Acute Ischemias

  1. DELAYED USE OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN FOR TREATMENT OF A MODEL ANTERIOR COMPARTMENT SYNDROME
    STRAUSS MB, HARGENS AR, GERSHUNI DH, ET AL.
    JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH 1986;4:108-111
    LIPID PEROXIDATION PRODUCTS IN POSTISCHEMIC SKELETAL MUSCLE AND AFTER TREATMENT WITH HYPERBARIC OXYGEN
    NYLANDER G, OTAMIRI T, LEWIS DH, ET AL.
    SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PLASTIC RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY 1989;23:97-103
  2. HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CRUSH INJURIES:  A RANDOMIZED DOUBLE-BLIND PLACEBO-CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL
    BOUACHOUR G, CRONIER P, GOUELLO JP, ET AL.
    THE JOURNAL OF TRAUMA: INJURY, INFECTION, AND CRITICAL CARE 1996;41(2):333-339
  3. ADJUVANT HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CRUSH INJURY AND TRAUMATIC ISCHEMIA: AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH
    GARCIA-COVARRUBIAS L, MCSWAIN N, VAN METER K, BELL R
    THE AMERICAN SURGEON 2005;71(2):144-151

5. Decompression Sickness

  1. ACUTE NEUROLOGIC DECOMPRESSION ILLNESS IN PIGS: LESIONS OF THE SPINAL CORD AND BRAIN
    DICK EJ, BROOME JU, HAYWARD IJ
    LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE 1997;47(1):50-57
    OXYGEN IN THE TREATMENT OF SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS
    LEITCH DR, HALLENBECK JM
    UNDERSEA BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH 1985;12(3):269-289
  2. TWENTY YEARS OF TREATING DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS
    GREEN RD, LEITCH DR
    AVIATION, SPACE, AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE 1987:362-366
    SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS IN SPORT DIVING
    AHARON-PERETZ J, ADIR Y, GORDON CR, ET AL.
    ARCH NEUROL 1993;50:753-756
  3. DECOMPRESSION ILLNESS IN DIVERS:  A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
    BARRATT DM, HARCH PG, VAN METER K
    THE NEUROLOGIST 2002;8(3):186-202

6. Wound Healing

  1. DIABETIC IMPAIRMENTS IN NO-MEDIATED ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL MOBILIZATION AND HOMING ARE REVERSED BY HYPEROXIA AND SDF-1a
    GALLAGHER KA, ZHAO-JUN L, ET AL.
    J. Clin. Invest. 117:1249-1259 (2007)
    STEM CELL MOBILIZATION BY HYPERBARIC OXYGEN
    THOM SR, BHOPALE VM, ET AL.
    Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 290: H1378-H1386, 2006.
    HYPERBARIC OXYGEN INDUCES VEGF EXPRESSION THROUGH ERK, JNK AND C-JUN/AP-1 ACTIVATION IN HUMAN UNBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
    LEE CC, CHEN SC, TSAI SC, ET AL.
    J Biomed Sci. 2006 Jan;13(1):143-56.
    HYPERBARIC OXYGEN SELECTIVELY INDUCES ANGIOPOIETIN-2 IN HUMAN UMBILICAL VEIN ENDOTHELIAL CELLS
    LIN S, SHYU KG, LEE CC, ET AL.
    BIOCHEM AND BIOPHYS RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS 2002;296:710-715
  2. ADJUNCTIVE SYSTEMIC HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY IN TREATMENT OF SEVERE PREVALENTLY ISCHEMIC DIABETIC FOOT ULCER
    FAGLIA E, FAVALES F, ALDEHGI A, ET AL.
    DIABETES CARE 1996;19(12):1338-1343
  3. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN IN THE MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC WOUNDS
    ROECKL-WIEDMANN I, BENNETT M, KRANKE P
    BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY 2005;92:24-32

7. Exceptional Anemia

  1. HYPERBARIC OXYGEN TREATMENT ATTENUATES CYTOKINE INDUCTION AFTER MASSIVE HEMORRHAGE
    YAMASHITA M
    AM J PHYSIOL ENDOCRINOL METAB 2000;278(5):E811-E816
  2. HYPERBARIC OXYGEN REVERSES ORGAN DYSFUNCTION IN SEVERE ANEMIA
    GREENSMITH JE
    ANESTHESIOLOGY 2000;93(4):1149-1152
  3. A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE APPLICATION OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN IN THE TREATMENT OF SEVERE ANEMIA: AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH
    METER KW
    UNDERSEA AND HYPERBARIC MEDICAL SOCIETY 2005;32(1):61-83

8. Intracranial Abscess

  1. None
  2. HYPERBARIC OXYGEN IN INTRACRANIAL ABSCESSES
    LAMPL LA, FREY G, DIETZE T, ET AL.
    JOURNAL OF HYPERBARIC MEDICINE 1989;4(4):111-125
  3. HYPERBARIC OXYGEN IN INTRACRANIAL ABSCESSES
    LAMPL LA, FREY G, DIETZE T, ET AL.
    JOURNAL OF HYPERBARIC MEDICINE 1989;4(4):111-125

9. Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections

  1. HYPERBARIC OXYGEN IN THE TREATMENT OF GAS GANGRENE AND PERINEAL NECROTIZING FASCIITIS
    HIRN M
    EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY SUPPLEMENT 1993;570:1-36
  2. FOURNIER'S GANGRENE: THERAPEUTIC IMPACT OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN
    HOLLABAUGH RS, DMOCHOWSKI RR, HICKERSON WL, ET AL
    PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY 1998;101:94-100
  3. HYPERBARIC OXYGEN IN THE TREATMENT OF GAS GANGRENE AND PERINEAL NECROTIZING FASCIITIS      
    HIRN M
    EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY SUPPLEMENT 1993;570:1-36

10. Refractory Osteomyelitis

  1. SYNERGY OF HBO2 AND A LOCAL ANTIBIOTIC CARRIER FOR EXPERIMENTAL OSTEOMYELITIS DUE TO STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS IN RATS
    MENDEL V, SIMANOWSKI J, SCHOLZ CH
    UHM2004; 31(4):407-416
  2. RESULTS OF CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS OF THE FEMUR TREATED WITH HYPERBARIC OXYGEN:  A PRELIMINARY REPORT
    CHEN CE, KO JY, FU TH, ET AL.
    CHANG GUNG MED J 2004;27(2):91-97
  3. DOES HYPERBARIC OXYGEN HAVE A PLACE IN THE TREATMENT OF OSTEOMYELITIS?
    CALHOUN JH, COBOS JA, MADER JT
    ORTHOPEDIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA 1991;22(3):467-471

    COMBINED TREATMENT OF CHRONIC REFRACTORY OSTEOMYELITIS
    DAVIS JC, HECKMAN JD, DELEE JC
    PRE-PUBLICATION LECTURE HANDOUT

11. Late Radiation Injury

  1. RELATIONSHIP OF OXYGEN DOSE TO ANGIOGENESIS INDUCTION IN IRRADIATED TISSUE
    MARX RE, EHLER WJ, TAYAPONGSAK P, ET AL.
    THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY 1990;160:519-524
  2. HYPERBARIC OXYGEN TREATMENT OF CHRONIC REFRACTORY RADIATION PROCTITIS: A RANDOMIZED AND CONTROLLED DOUBLE-BLIND CROSSOVER TRIAL WITH LONG-TERM FOLLOW-UP.
    CLARKE RE, TENORIO LMC, HUSSEY JR, ET AL.
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY, BIOLOGY, PHYSICS;2008
  3. HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF RADIO-INDUCED LESIONS IN NORMAL TISSUES: A LITERATURE REVIEW
    PASQUIER D, HOELSCHER T, SCHMUTZ J, ET AL.
    RADIOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY 2004;72:1-13

12. Skin Grafts and Flaps

  1. SURVIVAL OF NORMOTHERMIC MICROVASCULAR FLAPS AFTER PROLONGED SECONDARY ISCHEMIA: EFFECTS OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN
    STEVENS DM, WEISS DW, KOLLER WA, ET AL.
    OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY 1996;115(4):360-364
  2. CLINICAL EXPERIENCE WITH HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY IN THE SALVAGE OF ISCHEMIC SKIN FLAPS AND GRAFTS
    BOWERSOX JC, STRAUSS MB, HART GB
    JOURNAL OF HYPERBARIC MEDICINE 1986;1(3):141-149
  3. AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPRAISAL OF THE USE OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN ON FLAPS AND GRAFTS
    FRIEDMAN HI, FITZMAURICE M, CLARKE D, ET AL.
    PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY 2006;117(7S):175S-190S

13. Thermal Burns

  1. HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF BURNS: EVALUATION OF SYSTEMIC LIPID PEROXIDATION AND ACTIVATION OF OXYGEN-RADICAL DEPENDENT INFLAMMATORY REACTIONS
    GERMONPRE P, VAN RENTERGHEM I, VANDERKELEN A, ET AL.
    PROCEEDINGSS: INTERNATIONAL JOINT MEETING ON HYPERBARIC AND UNDERWATER MEDICINE 1996, MILAN, ITALY. EDS. MARRONI A, ORIANI G, AND WATTEL F
  2. THE EFFECT OF HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY ON A BURN WOUND MODEL IN HUMAN VOLUNTEERS
    NIEZGODA JA, CIANCI P, FOLDEN BW, ET AL.
    PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY 1997;99(6):1620-1625
  3. HYPERBARIC OXYGEN THERAPY FOR THERMAL BURNS (REVIEW)
    VILLANUEVA E, BENNETT MH, WASIAK J, ET AL.
    THE COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS, 2004, ISSUE 2. ART. NO: CD004727. PUB2. DOI: 10.1002/14651858