Carbon monoxide poisoning in a parturient and the use of hyperbaric oxygen for treatment.
We report a case of carbon monoxide (CO) intoxication in a pregnant woman who presented with acute non-specific symptoms and fetal distress. She was scheduled for urgent caesarean section but this was averted after consultation, advice and discussion from a National Poisons Centre, obstetricians and physicians managing the local hyperbaric oxygen facility. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) was used successfully to treat both the woman and her fetus. This resulted in a normal reactive fetal cardiotochograph (CTG) trace after treatment and the fetus was delivered 6 weeks later by normal vaginal delivery. The effects of CO intoxication and the use of HBO on the pregnant woman and her fetus are discussed.
Department of Anaesthetics, Poole Hospital NHS Trust, Poole, Dorset, UK.
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