Journal article
Pilot study: Utility of long-wave infrared thermography as a correlate to transcutaneous oximetry for candidates of hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Wound repair and regeneration, Vol.31(1), pp.40-46
01/2023
DOI: 10.1111/wrr.13052
PMID: 36153675
Abstract
Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) has been used as an adjunctive treatment for the care of advanced non-healing diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs). A patient's in-chamber transcutaneous oximetry measurement (TCOM) is currently the most effective predictor for response to HBO2 therapy but still excludes close to one in four patients who would benefit out of treatment groups when used for patient selection. Improving selection tools and criteria could potentially help better demonstrate HBO2 therapy's efficacy for such patients. We sought to identify if long-wave infrared thermography (LWIT) measurements held any correlation with a patient's TCOM measurements and if LWIT could be used in a response prediction role for adjunctive HBO2 therapy. To investigate, 24 patients already receiving TCOM measurements were enrolled to simultaneously be imaged with LWIT. LWIT measurements were taken throughout each patient's therapeutic course whether they underwent only standard wound care or adjunctive HBO2 treatments. A significant correlation was found between in-chamber TCOM and post-HBO2 LWIT. There was also a significant difference in the post-HBO2 LWIT measurement from 1st treatment to 6 weeks or the last treatment recorded. These initial findings are important as they indicate a possible clinical use for LWIT in the selection process for patients for HBO2 therapy. Larger studies should be carried out to further articulate the clinical use of LWIT in this capacity.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Pilot study: Utility of long-wave infrared thermography as a correlate to transcutaneous oximetry for candidates of hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- Creators
- Marvin Heyboer - SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityAndrew G. Kozminski - University of Rochester Medical CenterLauren D. Pacelli - SUNY Upstate Medical UniversitySusan M. Wojcik - SUNY Upstate Medical University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Wound repair and regeneration, Vol.31(1), pp.40-46
- Publisher
- Wiley
- DOI
- 10.1111/wrr.13052
- PMID
- 36153675
- ISSN
- 1067-1927
- eISSN
- 1524-475X
- Number of pages
- 7
- Grant note
- Wound Vision
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/2023
- Academic Unit
- Emergency Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984702945302771
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