How do you incorporate hyperbaric oxygen therapy into the care of patients with wounds related to ischemic ulcerations?

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Do you recommend hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the care of patients with wounds related to ischemic ulceration?

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Rheumatology · Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is intended to improve local tissue hypoxia in non-healing ulcers. Evidence for its use remains limited, primarily consisting of case reports and small case series. Most documented cases involve lower-extremity ulcers, often related to macrovascular disease. For digi...

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Rheumatology · Johns Hopkins University

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I personally have not recommended hyperbaric oxygen treatment for patients with traditional systemic sclerosis-related ischemic ulcerations. I will consider it if patients have a wound that may be of mixed etiology, such as a LE wound in someone with scleroderma (small vessel disease) and PAD or dia...

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Dermatology · UC Davis

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Hypoxic wounds an do well with this and it's also helpful for vascular occlusion related to filler injections!

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