D. Seger et L. Welch, CARBON-MONOXIDE CONTROVERSIES - NEUROPSYCHOLOGIC TESTING, MECHANISM OF TOXICITY, AND HYPERBARIC-OXYGEN, Annals of emergency medicine, 24(2), 1994, pp. 242-248
Recent animal and clinical data require a reevaluation of the traditio
nal approach to the patient exposed to carbon monoxide. Unfortunately,
these new data are inconclusive and generate controversies regarding
the indications and value of neuropsychologic testing, cause of carbon
monoxide toxicity, and indications (if any) for hyperbaric oxygen the
rapy. These controversies and their implications for the emergency phy
sician are discussed.