Hyperbaric or normobaric oxygen for acute carbon monoxide poisoning: A randomised controlled clinical trial

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 203-210

  Scheinkestel, Carlos D ^a   Bailey, Michael ^b   Myles, Paul S ^a   Jones, Kerry ^c   Cooper, D James ^a   Millar, Ian L ^a   Tuxen, David V ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LEARNING TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0033104654     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1999.tb140318.x     Document Type: Article

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