Retrospective Study Heliyon 2024

Effect of hyperbaric oxygen treatment on patients with heatstroke complicated by multiple organ dysfunction:A retrospective study.

Ni XX, He NB, Guo YQ, Dou YX, Xie XJ, Liu ZF — Heliyon, 2024

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers retrospectively analyzed the effect of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) treatment on multiple organ dysfunction in human patients with heatstroke.

What They Found

The study found that mortality rates were 0% in the HBO group compared to 8.49% in the control group. HBO treatment significantly improved SOFA, APACHE-II, and neurological scores, and enhanced the modified Barthel index (MBI) score for daily living ability.

Canadian Relevance

This study has no direct Canadian connection.

Study Limitations

As a retrospective study, it may be subject to selection bias and unmeasured confounding factors.

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Study Details

Study Type	Retrospective Study
Category	Neurological
Source	Pubmed
PubMed ID	38545173
Year Published	2024
Journal	Heliyon

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