Delayed carbon monoxide encephalopathy: clinical and research implications.
Delayed onset of carbon monoxide encephalopathy may present to a psychiatrist as a functional illness in patients with a psychiatric history. Early detection is important as increased activity is antitherapeutic. A case report is described in which there was initial difficulty in confirming the diagnosis. New treatment approaches that might well prove beneficial to this particular syndrome are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*