Early Diagnosis to Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Complications
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a toxic gas with undetectable features. Every year in the United States, there are approximately 6000 deaths from CO poisoning. Patients usually present with signs of unresponsiveness but may have nonpathognomonic preceding symptoms. Some literature shows benefits of hyperbar...
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American College of Physicians
2024-01-01
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| description | Carbon monoxide (CO) is a toxic gas with undetectable features. Every year in the United States, there are approximately 6000 deaths from CO poisoning. Patients usually present with signs of unresponsiveness but may have nonpathognomonic preceding symptoms. Some literature shows benefits of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) within the first 24 hours of exposure to reduce the incidence of myocardial injury and neurologic impairment. This case report presents a 67-year-old man with CO poisoning who developed delayed neurologic sequelae (DNS) due to delayed diagnosis and missed therapeutic window for HBOT. Investigation of CO poisoning requires taking a detailed history to avoid delays in diagnosis and treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-695c1c78e2bb4189aae0aa9619c0d3a42025-08-20T02:12:57ZengAmerican College of PhysiciansAnnals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases2767-76642024-01-013110.7326/aimcc.2023.0360Early Diagnosis to Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning ComplicationsNisha Desai0Kushal Shukla11Overlook Medical Center, Summit, New Jersey1Overlook Medical Center, Summit, New JerseyCarbon monoxide (CO) is a toxic gas with undetectable features. Every year in the United States, there are approximately 6000 deaths from CO poisoning. Patients usually present with signs of unresponsiveness but may have nonpathognomonic preceding symptoms. Some literature shows benefits of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) within the first 24 hours of exposure to reduce the incidence of myocardial injury and neurologic impairment. This case report presents a 67-year-old man with CO poisoning who developed delayed neurologic sequelae (DNS) due to delayed diagnosis and missed therapeutic window for HBOT. Investigation of CO poisoning requires taking a detailed history to avoid delays in diagnosis and treatment.https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2023.0360 |
| spellingShingle | Nisha Desai Kushal Shukla Early Diagnosis to Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Complications Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases |
| title | Early Diagnosis to Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Complications |
| title_full | Early Diagnosis to Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Complications |
| title_fullStr | Early Diagnosis to Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Complications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Early Diagnosis to Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Complications |
| title_short | Early Diagnosis to Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Complications |
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