Clinical Trial Acta Neurochir Suppl 2008

Effect of hyperbaric oxygen on patients with traumatic brain injury

Lin J, Tsai J, Lee L, Lin C, Hung C, Hung K, et al. — Acta Neurochir Suppl, 2008

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers prospectively enrolled 44 subacute traumatic brain injury patients and randomly assigned 22 to receive hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) and 22 to a control group to evaluate HBOT's effect on prognosis.

What They Found

The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) improved from 11.1 to 13.5 in the HBOT group, compared to 10.4 to 11.5 (p < 0.05) in the control group. Patients in the HBOT group also showed significant improvement in the Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS) after 6 months.

What This Means for Canadian Patients

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) may offer a beneficial treatment option for Canadian patients recovering from subacute traumatic brain injury. This therapy could potentially improve neurological outcomes with minimal side effects.

Canadian Relevance

This study has no direct Canadian connection.

Study Limitations

The study was limited by its relatively small sample size of 44 patients and a follow-up period of 3 to 6 months.

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Study Details

Study Type	Clinical Trial
Category	Neurological
Source	Pubmed
PubMed ID	18642650
Year Published	2008
Journal	Acta Neurochir Suppl
MeSH Terms	Adult; Brain Injuries; Female; Glasgow Outcome Scale; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Male; Middle Aged

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