Hyperbaric oxygen as an intervention for managing wound hypoxia: Its role and usefulness in diabetic foot wounds

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-18

  Strauss, Michael B ^a,b,c,d  

^a Long Beach Memorial Medical Center ^*

^b LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetic foot wounds; Economic considerations; Hyperbaric oxygen; Transcutaneous oxygen measurements; Wound hypoxia

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPOXIA; INHALATION; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG PROSTHESIS; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 11244284144     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110070502600103     Document Type: Review

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