Delayed encephalopathy and cognitive sequelae after acute carbon monoxide poisoning: Report of a case and review of the literature

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1374-1379

  Tapeantong, Toungrat ^a   Poungvarin, Niphon ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide poisoning; Cognitive sequelae; Delayed encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PUTAMEN; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHITE MATTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 70350437974     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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