Clinical Study Cutis 1986

Hyperbaric oxygen treatment of toxic epidermal necrolysis.

Ruocco V, Bimonte D, Luongo C, Florio M — Cutis, 1986

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers investigated the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in three patients with drug-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis.

What They Found

All three patients experienced quick re-epithelialization. Complete healing was observed after approximately ten daily treatments of pure oxygen at 2 atmospheres for 60 to 120 minutes.

Canadian Relevance

This study has no direct Canadian connection as it was conducted outside of Canada.

Study Limitations

The study was limited by its small sample size of three patients and lack of a control group.

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Study Details

Study Type	Clinical Study
Category	Thermal Burns
Source	Pubmed
PubMed ID	3780308
Year Published	1986
Journal	Cutis
MeSH Terms	Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Female; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Male; Skin; Stevens-Johnson Syndrome

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