ISOTOPE BRAIN-SCANNING WITH TC-HMPAO - A PREDICTOR OF OUTCOME IN CARBON-MONOXIDE POISONING

Authors
TURNER M KEMP PM
Citation
M. Turner et Pm. Kemp, ISOTOPE BRAIN-SCANNING WITH TC-HMPAO - A PREDICTOR OF OUTCOME IN CARBON-MONOXIDE POISONING, Journal of accident & emergency medicine, 14(3), 1997, pp. 139-141
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Journal of accident & emergency medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
13510622
Volume
14
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
139 - 141
Database
ISI
SICI code
1351-0622(1997)14:3<139:IBWT-A>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Tc-HMPAO isotope brain scans were performed in three patients who rece ived hyperbaric oxygen treatment following carbon monoxide poisoning. Cerebral perfusion imaging provides an index of severity of the initia l cerebral damage which correlated with outcome.