title: Severe neurologic impairment and uncommon magnetic resonance imaging findings after carbon monoxide poisoning.
abstract: Carbon monoxide poisoning is the most common cause of fatal poisoning worldwide and can lead to severe brain damages. We report a delayed encephalopathy after a severe carbon monoxide poisoning with uncommon magnetic resonance imaging findings.
authors.affiliation: Burn Center, Percy Military Teaching Hospital, 101 avenue Henri Barbusse, BP 406, 92141 Clamart cedex, France. Electronic address: clement.hoffmann@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: Clément
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.affiliation: Burn Center, Percy Military Teaching Hospital, 101 avenue Henri Barbusse, BP 406, 92141 Clamart cedex, France. Electronic address: julien.bouix@santarm.com.
authors.forename: Julien
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bouix
authors.affiliation: Medical Department, Villacoublay Air Base 107, 78140 Villacoublay, France. Electronic address: chrystelle.poyat@santarm.com.
authors.forename: Chrystelle
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Poyat
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medical Department, Fire Brigade of Paris, 1 place Jules Renard, 75017 Paris, France. Electronic address: laure.alhanati@santarm.com.
authors.forename: Laure
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Alhanati
authors.affiliation: Emergency Medical Department, Fire Brigade of Paris, 1 place Jules Renard, 75017 Paris, France. Electronic address: jean-pierre.tourtier@santarm.com.
authors.forename: Jean-Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Tourtier
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Percy Military Teaching Hospital, 101 avenue Henri Barbusse, BP 406, 92141 Clamart cedex, France. Electronic address: elisabeth.falzone@santarm.com.
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Falzone
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D018458:Persistent Vegetative State; D013406:Suicide, Attempted