Subacute sequelae of carbon monoxide poisoning

doi:10.1016/S0196-0644(85)81022-2

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volume 14, Issue 12, December 1985, Pages 1163-1167

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From January 1980 to August 1983, 213 patients with carbon monoxide poisoning were seen; 131 received hyperbaric oxygen and had no sequelae. Eighty-two patients were treated with normobaric oxygen; ten (12.1%) returned with clinically significant sequelae. The specific neurological sequelae included headaches, irritability, personality changes, confusion, and loss of memory. This recurrent symptomatology developed within one to 21 days (mean, 5.7 days) after the initial exposure, although no reexposure occurred. These recurring symptoms resolved rapidly with hyperbaric oxygen therapy. We recommend that hyperbaric oxygen therapy be used whenever CO poisoning symptoms recur.

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Original contributionSubacute sequelae of carbon monoxide poisoning

Disaster Medicine

N Engl J Med

The mental and neurological sequelae of carbon monoxide asphyxia in a case observed for fifteen years

J Nerv Ment Dis

Neurological complications of carbon monoxide poisoning

Q J Med

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Q J Med

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Br Med J (Clin Res)

Delayed neurological deterioration after anoxia

Arch Intern Med

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JAMA

Carbon monoxide poisoning

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AJEM

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AMA Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine

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Subacute sequelae of carbon monoxide poisoning