CARBON-MONOXIDE CONTROVERSIES - NEUROPSYCHOLOGIC TESTING, MECHANISM OF TOXICITY, AND HYPERBARIC-OXYGEN

Authors
SEGER D WELCH L
Citation
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
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Annals of emergency medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
01960644
Volume
24
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
242 - 248
Database
ISI
SICI code
0196-0644(1994)24:2<242:CC-NTM>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
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.