Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy - Hyperbaric Chamber Information ...
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Approach to assessment<br />
Review of literature<br />
This review follows methods outlined in the Cochrane Collaboration Handbook 11<br />
appropriately modified to deal with observational studies.<br />
Literature search<br />
The medical literature was searched to identify relevant studies and reviews for the<br />
period between 1966 and 1999. Table 4 lists the electronic databases used in the search.<br />
Table 4 Electronic databases (including edition) used in the review.<br />
Database Period Covered<br />
Best Evidence (Ovid) 1991 to 1999<br />
Biological Abstracts (Ovid) 1985 to October 1999<br />
CINAHL (Ovid) 1982 to October 1999<br />
Cochrane Library including: the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews,<br />
the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effectiveness, and the Cochrane<br />
Controlled Trials Register<br />
Issue 4, 1999<br />
EMBASE (Ovid) 1988 to October 1999<br />
HealthSTAR 1975 to October 1999<br />
Medline (Ovid) 1966 to November 1999<br />
National Guidelines Clearinghouse November 1999<br />
Nursing Collection (Ovid) 1995 to September 1999<br />
A two-stage search strategy was employed. The first stage attempted to retrieve a subset<br />
of articles focusing on HBOT, regardless of indication. The search terms used are given<br />
in table 5.<br />
Table 5 Search terms used to identify citations for the first stage of literature retrieval*<br />
hyperbar$ †<br />
hbo$<br />
multiplace chamber<br />
monoplace chamber<br />
Terms were searched as text words. A medical subject heading (MeSH) term search was conducted, if allowed by the database.<br />
† Represents wildcard.<br />
The second stage of literature retrieval focused on individual indications for HBOT. The<br />
search terms given in Table 5 were combined with terms specific for each indication<br />
(Table 6).<br />
8 <strong>Hyperbaric</strong> oxygen therapy