PGD3 Cost-Utility Relation of the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Lesion with Hyperbaric Oxygene Therapy Versus Standard Therapy
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Hyperbaric oxygen therapy as treatment of diabetic foot ulcers.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) could be described as a short-term, high-dose oxygen inhalation and diffusion therapy, delivered systemically through airways and blood, achieved by having the patient breathing concentrated oxygen at a pressure higher than 1 absolute atmosphere. In clinical practice, monoplace or multiplace hyperbaric chambers are used to achieve this. Treatment is usually given...
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عنوان ژورنال: Value in Health
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1098-3015
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4733.1998.1100573.x