Renal Effects of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: A Retrospective Study

Table 1

Characteristics of the patients.

Numerical data
	Mean	SD	Range
Age	65 years	+/− 11 years	40–90 years
Number of HBOT	28 treatments	+/− 14 treatments	10–60 treatments
Days of HBOT	47 days	+/− 30 days	4–157 days
Categorical data
Gender	9 female	23 male
On ACEI/ARB	Yes in 16 patients	No in 16 patients
Type of diabetes	31 patients type 2DM	1 patient type 1 DM
ATA	25 patients 2.4 ATA	7 patients 2.0 ATA
Treatment time	90 min in 31 patients	60 min in 1patient
Indications for HBOT	19 patients (60%)	Wound healing
	4 patients (13%)	Radiation necrosis
	3 patients (9%)	Radiation cystitis
	3 patients (9%)	Compromised flap
	1 patient (3%)	Crohn’s disease
	1 patient (3%)	Vasculitis
	1 patient (3%)	Severe anemia