Open AccessCan preventive hyperbaric oxygen therapy optimise surgical outcome?
Author(s) -
Sylvain Boet,
L. Martin,
Olivia Cheng-Boivin,
Nicole Etherington,
Pierre Louge,
Rodrigue Pignel,
M Pellégrini,
Marie-Anne Magnan,
Michael H Bennett
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of anaesthesiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.445
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2346
pISSN - 0265-0215
DOI - 10.1097/eja.0000000000001219
Subject(s) - medicine , cinahl , randomized controlled trial , medline , hyperbaric oxygen , systematic review , intensive care medicine , meta analysis , clinical trial , surgery , psychological intervention , psychiatry , political science , law
A primary underlying cause of postoperative complications is related to the surgical stress response, which may be mitigated by hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), the intermittent administration of oxygen at a pressure higher than the atmospheric pressure at sea level. Promising clinical studies have emerged suggesting HBOT's efficacy for reducing some postoperative complications. Notwithstanding, the effectiveness (if any) of HBOT across a range of procedures and postoperative outcomes has yet to be clearly quantified.