Visual loss as a late complication of carbon monoxide poisoning and its successful treatment with hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 134, Issue 43-44, 2004, Pages 650-655

  Ersanli, Dilaver ^a   Yildiz, Senol ^a   Togrol, Erdem ^a   Ay, Hakan ^a   Qyrdedi, Tauland ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide poisoning; Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO); Visual loss

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MEMORY DISORDER; NAUSEA; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VOMITING;

EID: 10344258652     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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