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Study flow diagram.
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Study flow diagram.

Methodological quality summary: review authors' judgements about each methodological quality item for each included study.
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Methodological quality summary: review authors' judgements about each methodological quality item for each included study.

Methodological quality graph: review authors' judgements about each methodological quality item presented as percentages across all included studies.
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Methodological quality graph: review authors' judgements about each methodological quality item presented as percentages across all included studies.

Comparison 1 Mortality, Outcome 1 Death at 3 to 6 months.
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Analysis 1.1

Comparison 1 Mortality, Outcome 1 Death at 3 to 6 months.

Comparison 2 Severe functional disability, Outcome 1 No effect of therapy—participants unable to care for themselves.
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Analysis 2.1

Comparison 2 Severe functional disability, Outcome 1 No effect of therapy—participants unable to care for themselves.

Comparison 3 Functional scales, Outcome 1 Mean neurological score at day 5.
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Analysis 3.1

Comparison 3 Functional scales, Outcome 1 Mean neurological score at day 5.

Comparison 3 Functional scales, Outcome 2 Mean neurological score at week 6.
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Analysis 3.2

Comparison 3 Functional scales, Outcome 2 Mean neurological score at week 6.

Comparison 3 Functional scales, Outcome 3 Mean neurological score at 1 year.
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Analysis 3.3

Comparison 3 Functional scales, Outcome 3 Mean neurological score at 1 year.

Comparison 3 Functional scales, Outcome 4 Mean Orgogozo score at 6 months.
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Analysis 3.4

Comparison 3 Functional scales, Outcome 4 Mean Orgogozo score at 6 months.

Comparison 3 Functional scales, Outcome 5 Mean Orgogozo score at 1 year.
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Analysis 3.5

Comparison 3 Functional scales, Outcome 5 Mean Orgogozo score at 1 year.

Comparison 3 Functional scales, Outcome 6 Mean Trouillas score at 6 months.
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Analysis 3.6

Comparison 3 Functional scales, Outcome 6 Mean Trouillas score at 6 months.

Comparison 3 Functional scales, Outcome 7 Mean Trouillas score at 1 year.
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Analysis 3.7

Comparison 3 Functional scales, Outcome 7 Mean Trouillas score at 1 year.

Comparison 3 Functional scales, Outcome 8 Mean Rankin score at 6 months.
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Analysis 3.8

Comparison 3 Functional scales, Outcome 8 Mean Rankin score at 6 months.

Comparison 3 Functional scales, Outcome 9 Mean Rankin score at 1 year.
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Analysis 3.9

Comparison 3 Functional scales, Outcome 9 Mean Rankin score at 1 year.

Comparison 3 Functional scales, Outcome 10 Mean neurological recovery score at 12 months.
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Analysis 3.10

Comparison 3 Functional scales, Outcome 10 Mean neurological recovery score at 12 months.

Comparison 3 Functional scales, Outcome 11 Neurological function deficit score at 3 weeks.
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Analysis 3.11

Comparison 3 Functional scales, Outcome 11 Neurological function deficit score at 3 weeks.

Comparison 4 Deemed to have a good outcome, Outcome 1 NIHSS 0 or improved by 4 points at 24 hours.
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Analysis 4.1

Comparison 4 Deemed to have a good outcome, Outcome 1 NIHSS 0 or improved by 4 points at 24 hours.

Comparison 4 Deemed to have a good outcome, Outcome 2 Modified Rankin score less than 2 at 90 days.
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Analysis 4.2

Comparison 4 Deemed to have a good outcome, Outcome 2 Modified Rankin score less than 2 at 90 days.

Comparison 4 Deemed to have a good outcome, Outcome 3 Glasgow Outcome Score of 5.
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Analysis 4.3

Comparison 4 Deemed to have a good outcome, Outcome 3 Glasgow Outcome Score of 5.

Comparison 4 Deemed to have a good outcome, Outcome 4 NIHSS less than 2.
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Analysis 4.4

Comparison 4 Deemed to have a good outcome, Outcome 4 NIHSS less than 2.

Comparison 4 Deemed to have a good outcome, Outcome 5 Deemed cured and self‐caring.
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Analysis 4.5

Comparison 4 Deemed to have a good outcome, Outcome 5 Deemed cured and self‐caring.

Comparison 5 Activities of daily living, Outcome 1 Barthel Index 95 or 100 at 90 days.
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Analysis 5.1

Comparison 5 Activities of daily living, Outcome 1 Barthel Index 95 or 100 at 90 days.

Comparison 5 Activities of daily living, Outcome 2 Mean Barthel Index at 3 weeks.
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Analysis 5.2

Comparison 5 Activities of daily living, Outcome 2 Mean Barthel Index at 3 weeks.

Comparison 6 Mean volume of infarct on CT, Outcome 1 Mean volume of infarct at 4 months.
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Analysis 6.1

Comparison 6 Mean volume of infarct on CT, Outcome 1 Mean volume of infarct at 4 months.

Comparison 7 Adverse effects of therapy, Outcome 1 Ear pain.
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Analysis 7.1

Comparison 7 Adverse effects of therapy, Outcome 1 Ear pain.

Summary of findings for the main comparison. Should hyperbaric oxygen therapy be used as an adjuvant therapy to routine therapy and rehabilitation for acute ischaemic stroke?

Should hyperbaric oxygen therapy be used as an adjuvant therapy to routine therapy and rehabilitation for acute ischaemic stroke?

Patient or population: people with acute ischaemic stroke
Settings: hospital inpatients
Intervention: hyperbaric oxygen therapy used as adjuvant therapy to
Comparison: routine therapy and rehabilitation

Outcomes

Illustrative comparative risks* (95% CI)

Relative effect
(95% CI)

Number of participants
(studies)

Quality of the evidence
(GRADE)

Comments

Assumed risk

Corresponding risk

Routine therapy and rehabilitation

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy used as adjuvant therapy

Death

Follow‐up: 3 to 6 months

Low‐risk population

RR 0.97
(0.34 to 2.75)

144
(4 studies)

⊕⊕⊕⊝
moderatea

20 per 1000

19 per 1000
(7 to 55)

Medium‐risk population

80 per 1000

78 per 1000
(27 to 220)

High‐risk population

120 per 1000

116 per 1000
(41 to 330)

*The basis for the assumed risk (e.g. median control group risk across studies) is provided in footnotes. The corresponding risk (and its 95% confidence interval) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI).
CI: Confidence interval; RR: Risk ratio.

GRADE Working Group grades of evidence.
High quality: Further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect.
Moderate quality: Further research is likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate.
Low quality: Further research is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change the estimate.
Very low quality: We are very uncertain about the estimate.

a Small trials, with most not blinded to allocation.

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Summary of findings for the main comparison. Should hyperbaric oxygen therapy be used as an adjuvant therapy to routine therapy and rehabilitation for acute ischaemic stroke?
Comparison 1. Mortality

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Death at 3 to 6 months Show forest plot

4

144

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.97 [0.34, 2.75]

1.1 HBO alone

3

106

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.61 [0.17, 2.20]

1.2 HBO and edaravone

1

38

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

3.0 [0.34, 26.33]

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Comparison 1. Mortality
Comparison 2. Severe functional disability

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 No effect of therapy—participants unable to care for themselves Show forest plot

1

70

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.36 [0.10, 1.28]

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Comparison 2. Severe functional disability
Comparison 3. Functional scales

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Mean neurological score at day 5 Show forest plot

1

38

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

5.30 [‐7.47, 18.07]

2 Mean neurological score at week 6 Show forest plot

1

32

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

10.2 [‐8.48, 28.88]

3 Mean neurological score at 1 year Show forest plot

1

25

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

5.60 [‐15.02, 26.22]

4 Mean Orgogozo score at 6 months Show forest plot

1

27

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

‐18.20 [‐41.62, 5.22]

5 Mean Orgogozo score at 1 year Show forest plot

1

27

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

‐27.90 [‐51.79, ‐4.01]

6 Mean Trouillas score at 6 months Show forest plot

1

20

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

‐1.5 [‐4.16, 1.16]

7 Mean Trouillas score at 1 year Show forest plot

1

27

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

‐2.2 [‐4.25, ‐0.15]

8 Mean Rankin score at 6 months Show forest plot

1

27

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

‐0.60 [‐1.38, 0.18]

9 Mean Rankin score at 1 year Show forest plot

1

27

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

‐0.60 [‐1.38, 0.18]

10 Mean neurological recovery score at 12 months Show forest plot

1

17

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

‐2.2 [‐2.82, ‐1.58]

11 Neurological function deficit score at 3 weeks Show forest plot

1

80

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

‐3.0 [‐5.63, ‐0.37]

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Comparison 3. Functional scales
Comparison 4. Deemed to have a good outcome

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 NIHSS 0 or improved by 4 points at 24 hours Show forest plot

1

33

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.56 [0.16, 1.99]

2 Modified Rankin score less than 2 at 90 days Show forest plot

2

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

Subtotals only

2.1 HBO alone

1

33

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.52 [0.22, 1.23]

2.2 HBO and edaravone

1

38

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

6.0 [0.80, 45.20]

3 Glasgow Outcome Score of 5 Show forest plot

1

33

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.56 [0.27, 1.19]

4 NIHSS less than 2 Show forest plot

1

33

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.59 [0.24, 1.42]

5 Deemed cured and self‐caring Show forest plot

1

70

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

1.89 [0.64, 5.58]

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Comparison 4. Deemed to have a good outcome
Comparison 5. Activities of daily living

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Barthel Index 95 or 100 at 90 days Show forest plot

1

33

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

1.20 [0.62, 2.32]

2 Mean Barthel Index at 3 weeks Show forest plot

1

80

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

‐20.0 [‐26.30, ‐13.70]

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Comparison 5. Activities of daily living
Comparison 6. Mean volume of infarct on CT

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Mean volume of infarct at 4 months Show forest plot

1

27

Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)

20.20 [‐13.37, 53.77]

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Comparison 6. Mean volume of infarct on CT
Comparison 7. Adverse effects of therapy

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Ear pain Show forest plot

2

71

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

4.89 [0.60, 39.66]

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Comparison 7. Adverse effects of therapy