Hyperbaric oxygen therapy as an adjunctive treatment for sternal infection and osteomyelitis after sternotomy and cardiothoracic surgery

Table 1 Characteristiscs of patients in HBO2 and control group

	HBO2(n = 6)	Control(n = 6)	p
Age, years	54.7 ± 7.4	63.3 + 5.5	0.267
Female	1(%17)	2(%34)	0.500
Smoke	3(%50)	3(%50)	0.716
Body mass index (kg/m²)	24.7+1.5	24.7+1.5	0.749
Coronary artery disease	3(%50)	3(%83)	0.273
Hypertension	3(%50)	3(%50)	0.716
Atrial fibrillation	1(%17)	1(%17)	0.773
Myocardial infarction history	1(%17)	4(%67)	0.121
Hyperlipidemia	1(%17)	2(%34)	0.500
Congestive heart failure	0	2(%34)	0.227
COPD	1(%17)	1(%17)	0.773
Myasthenia gravis	2(%34)	0	0.227
Diabetes mellitus	1(%17)	3(%50)	0.333
Chronic renal insufficiency	0	1(%17)	0.600
Uremia	1(%17)	1(%17)	0.773

Body mass index: the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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