Evidence-based practice standards for the use of topical pressurised oxygen therapy

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 su...

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Published in:International wound journal 2012-06, Vol.9 (3), p.271-284
Main Authors: Orsted, Heather L, Poulson, Randy, Baum, Joseph, Christensen, Dawn, Despatis, Marc, Goettl, Kyle, Haligowski, David, Ho, Chester, Louis, Keith, O'Sullivan-Drombolis, Deirdre, Winberg, Valerie, Woo, Kevin Y
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administration, Topical
Consensus
Evidence-based
Evidence-Based Medicine - standards
Humans
Original
Oxygen - administration & dosage
Oxygen therapy
Pressure
Pressurised
Treatment Outcome
Wound Healing - drug effects
Wounds and Injuries - therapy
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1742-4801
1742-481X
DOI:10.1111/j.1742-481X.2012.00956.x