What does the present state of knowledge tell us about the potential role of hyperbaric oxygen therapy for the treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning?

Toxicological Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 145-147

  Brent, Jeffrey ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Toxicology Associates Denver   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; OXYGEN;

CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; PREGNANCY; STANDARD; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

BRAIN DISEASES; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CLINICAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 30344457303     PISSN: 11762551     EISSN: 11762551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00139709-200524030-00001     Document Type: Editorial

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