title: Evidence-based practice standards for the use of topical pressurised oxygen therapy.
abstract: Whenever a new therapy enters the wound care arena it is mandatory to deliver the best evidence to clinicians, healthcare administrators and policy makers to support integration of the technology into clinical practice. While this can often be problematic when novel therapies lack a large body of supporting evidence, methods that incorporate the use of expert opinion do exist to evaluate existing evidence and create consensus statements that can help guide decisions. Topical pressurised oxygen therapy is a method of delivering pressurised and humidified oxygen directly to the wound bed to support the healing of chronic and hypoxic wounds. This article will present the process by which the evidence was identified and evaluated as well as present standards based on the evidence related to topical pressurised oxygen therapy. We will show, through the use of the evidence, how this therapy can be a non invasive safe approach for wound management for selected patients in all clinical care settings.
authors.affiliation: eQuadra Solutions Inc., Abbotsford, BC, Canada. hlorsted@gmail.com
authors.forename: Heather L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Orsted
authors.forename: Randy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Poulson
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baum
authors.forename: Dawn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Despatis
authors.forename: Kyle
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goettl
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Haligowski
authors.forename: Chester
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Louis
authors.forename: Deirdre
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: O'Sullivan-Drombolis
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Winberg
authors.forename: Kevin Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Woo
mesh_terms: D000287:Administration, Topical; D032921:Consensus; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D010100:Oxygen / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011312:Pressure; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000187:drug effects*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen