REVIEW
OUTCOME: POSITIVE
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for necrotizing soft tissue infections: a systematic review
Devaney B, Frawley G, Frawley L, Pilcher DV
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care · 2015
What it found
Systematic review reporting associations between adjunctive HBOT and reduced mortality in necrotizing soft tissue infections, while noting the absence of randomized trials.
Our note on quality
Observational evidence; RCTs are ethically difficult in this emergency.
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