Searching MEDLINE and government databases (e.g. the Defense Technical Information Centre, the National Technical Information Service, and the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society database) were searched using the terms 'carbon monoxide', 'carbon monoxide poisoning', 'delayed neurologic sequelae', 'hyperbaric oxygen', 'normobaric oxygen' and 'hyperbaric therapy'. Bibliographies of retrieved ...

The recent revival of interest in the use of 5% or 7% carbogen in the treatment of carbon-monoxide poisoning has prompted the description of four unusual cases in which gross hyperventilation occurred. The investigation of these cases was not very thorough, but such cases are seen so seldom that it is felt that even this incomplete report may be of value in stimulating further research. Hyperve...

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INTRODUCTION Many cases of carbon monoxide poisoning in Taiwan are due to burning charcoal. Nevertheless, few reports have analyzed the mortality rate of these patients who survive to reach a hospital and die despite intensive treatment. Therefore, this study examined the clinical features, physiological markers, and outcomes after carbon monoxide poisoning and the associations between these fi...