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Methods: This single-centre retrospective cohort included mechanically ventilated ICU patients receiving HBOT during the period 2013\u20132023. Diagnoses were grouped as carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, clostridial myonecrosis\/gas gangrene, non-clostridial necrotising soft-tissue infections (NSTIs), or other indications. Annual patient and HBOT patient-session volumes and the annual number and proportion of nocturnal sessions were summarised descriptively. Calendar-time associations were estimated using exploratory univariable logistic regression with calendar year entered as a continuous predictor and are reported as odds ratios (ORs) per one-year increase with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results: Of 6410 HBOT-treated patients, 176 mechanically ventilated ICU patients (2.7%) underwent 1381 sessions; 781 (56.6%) were nocturnal. Annual volumes ranged from 10 to 22 patients and from 66 to 190 sessions, without a monotonic increase. The estimated OR per one-year increase was 0.85 (95% CI: 0.76\u20130.95) for CO poisoning, 0.85 (95% CI: 0.76\u20130.96) for clostridial myonecrosis\/gas gangrene, 1.23 (95% CI: 1.11\u20131.36) for non-clostridial NSTIs, and 1.17 (95% CI: 1.04\u20131.31) for catecholamine infusion. Conclusions: Diagnostic composition shifted towards non-clostridial NSTIs. Catecholamine infusion was more frequent in the later calendar years, whereas the CVVHDF estimate was small and imprecise and the mortality estimate was near null. 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