[Carbon monoxide poisoning. Neurologic aspects].
It is most often during winter months that carbon monoxide intoxications occur. Poorly functioning heating systems are the leading cause. We hereby summarize the mechanisms of CO toxicity which leads to treatment basis, and immediate neurological signs of this intoxication. We emphasize the delayed neuropsychiatric syndrome typical of this intoxication, often under or misdiagnosed. Two observations are presented.
Tulliez
J
J
Service de Neurologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège.
Sadzot
B
B
D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis