Clinical effectiveness of treatment with hyperbaric oxygen for neonatal hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy: systematic review of Chinese literature.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the clinical effectiveness of treatment with hyperbaric oxygen for neonates with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy. This treatment is frequently used in China but much less often in the West.

Data sources

Western (Cochrane controlled trials register and database of systematic reviews, Medline, Embase, CINAHL, and HealthSTAR) and Chinese (China Hospital Digital Library, Chinese Medical Journal Network) databases and hand search of Chinese journals. No language restrictions.

Review methods

Randomised or quasi-randomised controlled trials of treatment with hyperbaric oxygen compared with "usual care" in term neonates with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy. Outcomes included mortality and long term neurological sequelae. Standardised forms were use

SUBMITTER: Liu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1550437 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature