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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the adjunctive treatment of traumatic brain injury

Overview of attention for article published in Cochrane database of systematic reviews, December 2012
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Title
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the adjunctive treatment of traumatic brain injury
Published in
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, December 2012
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd004609.pub3
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Authors

Michael H Bennett, Barbara Trytko, Benjamin Jonker

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury is a common health problem with significant effect on quality of life. Each year in the USA approximately 0.56% of the population suffer a head injury, with a case fatality rate of about 40% for severe injuries. These account for a high proportion of deaths in young adults. In the USA, 2% of the population live with long-term disabilities following head injuries. The major causes are motor vehicle crashes, falls, and violence (including attempted suicide). Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is the therapeutic administration of 100% oxygen at environmental pressures greater than 1 atmosphere absolute (ATA). This involves placing the patient in an airtight vessel, increasing the pressure within that vessel, and administering 100% oxygen for respiration. In this way, it is possible to deliver a greatly increased partial pressure of oxygen to the tissues. HBOT can improve oxygen supply to the injured brain, reduce the swelling associated with low oxygen levels and reduce the volume of brain that will ultimately perish. It is, therefore, possible that adding HBOT to the standard intensive care regimen may reduce patient death and disability. However, a concern for patients and families is that using HBOT may result in preventing a patient from dying only to leave them in a vegetative state, entirely dependent on medical care. There are also some potential adverse effects of the therapy, including damage to the ears, sinuses and lungs from the effects of the pressure and oxygen poisoning, so the benefits and risks of the therapy need to be carefully evaluated.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Austria 1 <1%
Egypt 1 <1%
Unknown 217 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 31 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 27 12%
Student > Master 27 12%
Student > Bachelor 26 12%
Professor > Associate Professor 10 5%
Other 36 16%
Unknown 62 28%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 76 35%
Psychology 22 10%
Nursing and Health Professions 19 9%
Social Sciences 9 4%
Neuroscience 6 3%
Other 15 7%
Unknown 72 33%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 48. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 December 2018.
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#873,602
of 25,457,858 outputs
Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#1,687
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#6,477
of 286,552 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#24
of 195 outputs
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