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Three patients with carbon monoxide poisoning treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy
P Ekert1, J Tibballs, D Gorman
1Intensive Care Unit, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Australian Paediatric Journal
|June 1, 1988
Abstract:
The clinical management of three patients (two children, one adult) with carbon monoxide poisoning is presented. Treatment included hyperbaric oxygen therapy with a good outcome in two of the three patients. The pathophysiology of carbon monoxide poisoning and the benefits of treatment with hyperbaric oxygen therapy are reviewed.