Acute carbon monoxide poisoning.
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand
; 32(4): 278-82, 1988 May.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3394478
ABSTRACT
The course and outcome in terms of cerebral morbidity and hospital mortality in 79 severely carbon monoxide poisoned patients admitted to the intensive care unit during a period of 15 years is presented. Treatment consisted of administration of pure oxygen. Ninety-four per cent of the patients were artificially hyperventilated, and the majority of the patients were also treated with moderate hypothermia, steroid hormones and diuretics. Hospital mortality was 30%, and 14% of the patients were discharged after long-term hospital treatment with signs of brain damage. Due to the unpredictable cerebral course after the acute incident long-term follow-up is recommended.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Type of study:
Observational_studies
/
Prognostic_studies
/
Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Female
/
Humans
/
Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand
Year:
1988
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Dinamarca