Table A1.

Search strategy used in PubMed (MEDLINE).

Key Terms	Mesh-Terms	Title/Abstract-Terms
Hyperbaric oxygen	hyperbaric oxygenation[MeSH]	hyperbaric oxygen[tiab] OR hyperbaric oxygenation[tiab] OR hyperbaric oxygen therapy[tiab] OR hyperbaric oxygen therapies[tiab] OR HBO[tiab] OR HBOT[tiab] OR hyperbaric medicine[tiab]
	AND
Inflammation	inflammation[MeSH] OR inflammation mediators[MeSH] OR autacoids[MeSH] OR chemokines[MeSH] OR synthetic prostaglandins[MeSH] OR interleukin[MeSH] OR infection[MeSH]	inflammation[tiab] OR inflammations[tiab] OR inflammatory[tiab] OR inflammatory respons[tiab] OR inflammation mediators[tiab] OR mediators of inflammation[tiab] OR chemokines[tiab] OR slow reacting substances[tiab] OR chemotactic cytokines[tiab] OR synthetic prostaglandins[tiab] OR intercrines[tiab] OR PG analogs[tiab] OR prostaglandin analogues[tiab] OR prostaglandin analogs[tiab] OR interleukin[tiab] OR infection[tiab] OR infection and infestation[tiab] OR infections and infestations[tiab] OR infestation and infection[tiab] OR infestations and infections[tiab]
	OR
Wound healing	wound healing[MeSH] OR re-epithelialization[MeSH] OR angiogenesis modulating agents[MeSH] OR neovascularization, physiologic[MeSH] OR cell proliferation[MeSH]	woundhealing[tiab] OR wound healing[tiab] OR cicatrization[tiab] OR re-epithelialization[tiab] OR wound epithelialization[tiab] OR angiogenesis[tiab] OR angiogenesis modulating agents[tiab] OR vasculogenesis[tiab] OR blood vessel formation[tiab] OR bloodvessel formation[tiab] OR neovascularization[tiab] OR neovascularisation[tiab] OR cell proliferation[tiab] OR endothelial proliferation[tiab] OR vascular proliferation[tiab]
	OR
Oxidative stress	Oxidative stress[MeSH] OR nitrosative stress[MeSH] OR reactive oxygen species[MeSH] OR reactive nitrogen species[MeSH]	oxidative stress[tiab] OR nitrosative stress[tiab] OR reactive oxygen species[tiab] OR reactive nitrogen species[tiab] OR peroxide[tiab] OR peroxides[tiab] OR superoxide[tiab] OR superoxides[tiab] OR hydroxy radical[tiab] OR hydroxy radicals[tiab] OR singlet oxygen[tiab] OR alpha-oxygen[tiab] OR nitric oxide[tiab] OR peroxynitrite[tiab] OR nitrogen dioxide[tiab] OR oxidant stress[tiab] OR reactive oxygen metabolite[tiab] OR reactive oxygen metabolites[tiab] OR reactive nitrogen metabolite[tiab] OR reactive nitrogen metabolites[tiab]