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'''The addition of hyperbaric oxygenation to a specialised wound care program for chronic diabetic foot ulcers resulted in improved healing and quality of life. '''

**Clinical bottom line:'''
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| 1. The addition of hyperbaric oxygen therapy improved the proportion of diabetic wounds that healed at one year. 2. The adverse event rate was low. 
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'''Citation/s:'''
1. Londahl M, Katzman P, Nilsson A, Hammarlund C. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy facilitates healing of chronic foot ulcers in patients with diabetes. Diabetes Care 2010;33(5):998-1003. 
2. Londahl M, Katzman M, Nilsson A, Hammarlund C, Sellman A, Wykman A. Hugo-Persson M, Apelqvist J. A prospective study: hyperbaric oxygen therapy in diabetics with chronic foot ulcers. Journal of Wound Care 2006;10(15):457-459. 
3. Londahl M, Ladin-Olssen M, Katzman P. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy improves health-related quality of life in patients with diabetes and chronic foot ulcer. Diabetic Medicine 2011;28:186-190. 
4. Londahl M, Katzman P, Hammarlund C, Nilsson A, Landin-Olssen M. Relationship between ulcer healing after hyperbaric oxygen therapy and transcutaneous oximetry, toe blood pressure and ankle–brachial index in patients with diabetes and chronic foot ulcers. Diabetologia 2011;54:65-68.

'''Lead author's name and fax:''' Magnus Londahl [[mailto:magnus.londahl@med.lu.se | magnus.londahl@med.lu.se]] 

'''Three-part Clinical Question:''' For diabetic patients with chronic lower limb ulcers, does the additon of hyperbaric oxygenation to a specialised wound care protocol, result in an improved rate of healing?
'''Search Terms:''' Diabetes, chronic wound, skin ulcer 

'''The Study:'''Double-blinded concealed randomised controlled trial with intention-to-treat.
'''The Study Patients:''' Adult diabetic patients with ankle or foot ulcers for more than 3 months (including 2 months of specialised wound care) and where there is no major vessel disease requiring surgical intervention.
'''Control group''' (N = 45; 42 analysed): Specialised, comprehensive wound care plus 40 hyperbaric treatments breathing air at 2.5 ATA for 90 minutes daily Monday to Friday over 8 to 10 weeks. 
'''Experimental group''' (N = 49; 48 analysed): As above, but breathed 100% oxygen at 2.5 ATA for 90 minutes daily on same schedule as the sham.

'''The Evidence:'''
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| '''Outcome''' || '''Time to Outcome''' || '''Sham rate''' || '''HBOT rate''' || '''Relative risk reduction''' || '''Absolute risk reductionN''' || '''NNT''' 
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| '''Wound healed''' || 1 year || 0.27 || 0.51 || 91% || -0.243 || 4
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|^ |||||| 95% Confidence Intervals: || 20% to 162% || .05 to 0.43 || 2 to 19
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| '''Death''' || 1 year || 0.07 || 0.02 || 70% || 0.05 || 21
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|^ |||||| 95% Confidence Intervals: || 54% to 100% || 0.04 to 0.13 || NNT ''' 8 to INF NNH ''' 28 to INF
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| '''Major amputation''' || 1 year || 0.02 || 0.06 || 184% || -0.041 || 25
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|^ |||||| 95% Confidence Intervals: || 100% to 549% || 0.04 to 1.21 || NNT ''' 25 to INF NNH ''' 8 to INF
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'''Comments:'''
1. Well conducted study with high methodological rigour and a low risk of bias.
2. Quality of life was assessed at one year using the SF-36 questionnaire over eight dimensions. Those who received HBOT improved statistically significantly in two dimensions (physical functioning and emotional state), while those receiving sham had not significantly improved.
3. Baseline transcutaneous oxygen levels correlated positively with the chance of healing in those who received HBOT. Neither toe blood pressures nor ankle-brachial index at baseline predicted healing.
4. A per protocol analysis of those who received at least 35 treatment or sham sessions confirmed a benefit from HBOT (61% healing versus 27% healing at one year, P = 0.009). 

'''Appraised by:''' Mike Bennett, POWH, Sydney; Thursday, 19 April 2012Email: [[mailto:m.bennett@unsw.edu.au | m.bennett@unsw.edu.au]] 

'''Kill or Update By:''' July 2021



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