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Trial reportMedical gas research

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for mild traumatic brain injury persistent postconcussion syndrome: a randomized controlled trial.

Paul G Harch, Susan R Andrews, Cara J Rowe, Johannes R Lischka, Mark H Townsend, Qingzhao Yu, Donald E Mercante

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Trial report in Medical gas research. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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33citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Paul G HarchDepartment of Medicine, Section of Emergency and Hyperbaric Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Susan R AndrewsDepartment of Medicine and Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Metairie, LA, USA.
Cara J RoweCaTS Clinical Translational Unit, Tulane University School of Medicine, LA, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Johannes R LischkaFamily Physicians Center, Marrero, LA, USA.
Mark H TownsendLouisiana State University-Ochsner Psychiatry Residency Training Program, Department of Psychiatry, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Qingzhao YuSchool of Public Health, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Donald E MercanteSchool of Public Health, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans · USLouisiana State University · USTulane University · US

Funding

Tracking & Evaluation CoreU54GM104940 · NIGMS · LSU PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CTR · PI JUDD E SHELLITO · 2012 to 2026
$69.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM104940
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Persistent postconcussion syndrome (PPCS) after mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is a significant public health and military problem for which there is limited treatment evidence. The aim of this study was to determine whether forty 150 kPa hyperbaric oxygen therapies (HBOTs) can improve symptoms and cognitive function in subjects with the PPCS of mTBI, using a randomized controlled crossover design with 2-month follow-up. Sixty-three civilian and military subjects with mTBI/PPCS were randomized to either 40 HBOTs at 150 kPa/60 minutes, once daily, 5 days per week in 8 weeks or an equivalent no-treatment control period. The Control Group was then crossed over to HBOT. Subjects underwent symptom, neuropsychological, and psychological testing, before and after treatment or control with retesting 2 months after the 40

Indexed as

Brain Injuries, TraumaticHyperbaric OxygenationPost-Concussion SyndromeAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedTreatment OutcomeYoung Adultchronic brain injuryhyperbaric oxygen therapyneurobehavioral symptom inventoryneuropsychological testingneurorehabilitationpersistent postconcussion syndromepost-traumatic stress disorderrandomized controlled trialsymptomstraumatic brain injury

Identifiers

PMID32189664
PMCPMC7871939
OpenAlexW3009146594

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