Abstract:
To assess neurological sequelae in patients with all grades of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning after treatment with hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) and normobaric oxygen (NBO). Randomised controlled double-blind trial, including an extended series of neuropsychological tests and sham treatments in a multiplace hyperbaric chamber for patients treated with NBO. The multiplace hyperbaric chamber at the Alfred Hospital, a university-attached quarternary referral centre in Melbourne providing the only hyperbaric service in the State of Victoria. All patients referred with CO poisoning between 1 September 1993 and 30 December 1995, irrespective of severity of poisoning. Pregnant women, children, burns victims and those refusing consent were excluded.
Scheinkestel, Bailey, Myles, Jones, Cooper, Millar, Tuxen, , (1999). Hyperbaric or normobaric oxygen for acute carbon monoxide poisoning: a randomised controlled clinical trial. The Medical journal of Australia, 1999 Mar;170(5):203-10. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10092916