Wood Zoe
Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust, Sutton Coldfield.
Br J Nurs. 2002 Sep;11(16 Suppl):S16, S18-9, S22-4. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2002.11.Sup3.10551.
This article reviews the role that hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) plays in the field of wound healing. HBOT, although not seen as a common method of wound management in the UK, can perhaps offer another avenue to managing recalcitrant wounds. In order for the healing of chronic wounds to progress, the practitioner must address all the factors impeding the healing process, one of which is oxygenation. HBOT is thought to improve many aspects of poor healing by supplying high levels of oxygen at normal atmospheric pressure. It has been suggested that increasing the availability of oxygen does not necessarily stimulate the healing process, but that perhaps the pressure at which the oxygen is delivered is the responsible stimulus.
本文综述了高压氧疗法（HBOT）在伤口愈合领域所起的作用。高压氧疗法在英国虽不被视为常见的伤口处理方法，但或许能为处理顽固性伤口提供另一种途径。为使慢性伤口愈合进程得以推进，从业者必须解决所有阻碍愈合过程的因素，其中之一就是氧合作用。高压氧疗法被认为可通过在常压下提供高浓度氧气来改善愈合不佳的诸多方面。有人提出，增加氧气供应并不一定能刺激愈合过程，或许氧气输送时的压力才是起作用的刺激因素。
