title: Acute carbon monoxide poisoning.
abstract: The course and outcome in terms of cerebral morbidity and hospital mortality in 79 severely carbon monoxide poisoned patients admitted to the intensive care unit during a period of 15 years is presented. Treatment consisted of administration of pure oxygen. Ninety-four per cent of the patients were artificially hyperventilated, and the majority of the patients were also treated with moderate hypothermia, steroid hormones and diuretics. Hospital mortality was 30%, and 14% of the patients were discharged after long-term hospital treatment with signs of brain damage. Due to the unpredictable cerebral course after the acute incident long-term follow-up is recommended.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Bispebjerg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Krantz
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Thisted
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Strøm
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Sørensen
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies