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SynthesisNeuropsychology review2022

Impact of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy on Cognitive Functions: a Systematic Review.

Anna B Marcinkowska, Natalia D Mankowska, Jacek Kot, Pawel J Winklewski

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Neuropsychology review, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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41citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Intervention modalities for brain fog caused by long-COVID: systematic review of the literature.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024
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  7. Efficacy and safety of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for radiation-induced dermatitis in patients with breast cancer: a randomized pilot study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anna B MarcinkowskaApplied Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, Department of Human Physiology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Tuwima Str. 15 80-210, Gdańsk, Poland. anna.marcinkowska@gumed.edu.pl.ORCID 0000-0002-8331-208X
Natalia D MankowskaApplied Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, Department of Human Physiology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Tuwima Str. 15 80-210, Gdańsk, Poland.
Jacek KotNational Centre for Hyperbaric Medicine, Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine in Gdynia, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdańsk, Poland.
Pawel J WinklewskiApplied Cognitive Neuroscience Lab, Department of Human Physiology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Tuwima Str. 15 80-210, Gdańsk, Poland.
Gdańsk Medical University · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is a modality of treatment in which patients inhale 100% oxygen inside a hyperbaric chamber pressurised to greater than 1 atmosphere. The aim of this review is to discuss neuropsychological findings in various neurological disorders treated with HBOT and to open new perspectives for therapeutic improvement. A literature search was conducted in the MEDLINE (via PubMed) database from the inception up 10 May 2020. Eligibility criteria included original articles published in English. Case studies were excluded. Full-text articles were obtained from the selected studies and were reviewed on the following inclusion criteria (1) performed cognitive processes assessment (2) performed HBOT with described protocol. Two neuropsychologists independently reviewed titles, abstracts, full texts and extracted data. The initial search retrieved 1024 articles, and a total of 42 studies were finally included after applying inclusion and exclusion criteria. The search yielded controversial results with regard to the efficiency of HBOT in various neurological conditions with cognitive disturbance outcome. To the best of our knowledge this is the first state-of-the art, systematic review in the field. More objective and precise neuropsychological assessment methods are needed to exact evaluation of the efficacy of HBOT for neuropsychological deficits. Future studies should widen the assessment of HBOT effects on different cognitive domains because most of the existing studies have focussed on a single process. Finally, there is a need for further longitudinal studies.

Indexed as

Hyperbaric OxygenationCognitionHumansCognitionHyperbaric oxygen therapyNeuropsychology

Identifiers

PMID33847854
PMCPMC8888529
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