Severe carbon monoxide poisoning: Outcome after hyperbaric oxygen therapy

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 584-586

  Hawkins, M ^a   Harrison, J ^a,b   Charters, P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^b N West Emergency Recompression Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gases, non anaesthetic, carbon monoxide; Hyperbaria, oxygen

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRAIN EDEMA; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034059972     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/84.5.584     Document Type: Article

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