Study Turk Neurosurg 2020

Clinical Research of Early Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Patients with Hypertensive Cerebral Hemorrhage After Craniotomy

Wang X, Chen Y, Wang Z, Qian M — Turk Neurosurg, 2020

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers retrospectively analyzed 81 patients who underwent craniotomy for hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage, comparing outcomes between those who received early HBOT and those who did not.

What They Found

GCS scores were significantly better in the HBOT group at 3 weeks and 5 weeks after surgery (p < 0.05). Glasgow Outcome Scale scores were also significantly higher in the HBOT group at 5 weeks and 3 months after surgery.

Canadian Relevance

No direct Canadian connection identified.

Study Limitations

This was a retrospective non-randomised study; patients selected for HBOT may have differed systematically from those who did not receive it, introducing selection bias.

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Study Details

Study Type	Study
Category	Neurological
Source	Pubmed
PubMed ID	30984995
Year Published	2020
Journal	Turk Neurosurg
MeSH Terms	Adolescent; Adult; Biomedical Research; Craniotomy; Decompressive Craniectomy; Female; Glasgow Coma Scale; Glasgow Outcome Scale; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Intracranial Hemorrhage, Hypertensive; Male; Middle Aged; Postoperative Complications; Retrospective Studies; Time-to-Treatment; Treatment Outcome; Young Adult

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