[Clinical effect of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on groupment acute carbon monoxide poisoning].
OBJECTIVE
To summarize the clinical experience of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in the patients with groupment acute carbon monoxide poisoning.


METHODS
172 patients with acute carbon monoxide poisoning were received hyperbaric oxygen therapy besides some other regular therapies from january 2007 to december 2011. The clinical effect were analyzed retrospectively.


RESULTS
160 patients were cured (93%), 12 cases improved (7%), the total effective rate was 100%. The cure rate of the patients with hyperbaric oxygen therapy within 6 hours after the poisoning for 100% (115/115), It was significantly higher than that of patients treated for more than 6 hours [The cure rate was 78.9% (45/57)], The difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Treated by hyperbaric oxygen therapy early enough in the patients with acute carbon monoxide poisoning, can prevent or reduce the occurrence of delayed encephalopathy, decreasing disability and mortality.
Department of internal Medicine, Yi Bin Mine First Aid Hospital, Si Chuan Province Gong xian 644501, China.
De-hong
DH
Deng
Zhi-qiang
ZQ
You
Bing
B
Qi
D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult