Level 1 · RCT / systematic review of RCTs UHMS-approved Emergency Observational

Bottom line

UHMS approval based on observational evidence — HBOT remains adjunctive to surgical debridement and broad-spectrum antibiotics.

Outcome

Observational data suggest reduced mortality and amputation rates with adjunctive HBOT; no RCT evidence.

Conditions studied

Full citation

Levett D, Bennett MH, Millar I. Adjunctive Hyperbaric Oxygen for Necrotising Fasciitis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2015. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD007937.pub2.

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