Open AccessEvidence‐based practice standards for the use of topical pressurised oxygen therapy
Author(s) -
Orsted Heather L,
Poulson Randy,
Baum Joseph,
Christensen Dawn,
Despatis Marc,
Goettl Kyle,
Haligowski David,
Ho Chester,
Louis Keith,
O'SullivanDrombolis Deirdre,
Winberg Valerie,
Woo Kevin Y
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
international wound journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.867
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1742-481X
pISSN - 1742-4801
DOI - 10.1111/j.1742-481x.2012.00956.x
Subject(s) - medicine , wound care , expert opinion , intensive care medicine , evidence based practice , health care , clinical practice , best practice , evidence based medicine , oxygen therapy , supplemental oxygen , nursing , alternative medicine , management , pathology , economics , economic growth
Whenever a new therapy enters the wound care arena it is mandatory to deliver the best evidence to clinicians, healthcare administrators and policy makers to support integration of the technology into clinical practice. While this can often be problematic when novel therapies lack a large body of supporting evidence, methods that incorporate the use of expert opinion do exist to evaluate existing evidence and create consensus statements that can help guide decisions. Topical pressurised oxygen therapy is a method of delivering pressurised and humidified oxygen directly to the wound bed to support the healing of chronic and hypoxic wounds. This article will present the process by which the evidence was identified and evaluated as well as present standards based on the evidence related to topical pressurised oxygen therapy. We will show, through the use of the evidence, how this therapy can be a non invasive safe approach for wound management for selected patients in all clinical care settings.