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JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES
卷 262, 期 1-2, 页码 122-130出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.06.037
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carbon monoxide (CO); carboxyhemoglobin (COHb); hyperbaric oxygen (HBO); brain damage; cardiac damage; neurotoxicity; CT; MRI
Carbon monoxide (CO), a highly toxic gas produced by incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons, is a relatively common cause of human injury. Human toxicity is often overlooked because CO is tasteless and odorless and its clinical symptoms and signs are non specific. The brain and the heart may be severely affected after CO exposure with carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) levels exceeding 20%. Damage occurs because the affinity of hemoglobin for CO is 210 times higher than for O-2. Hypoxic brain damage predominates in the cerebral cortex, cerebral white matter and basal ganglia, especially in the globus pallidus. Diagnosis requires clinical acumen and a high index of suspicion, combined with epidemiological data, clinical examination, analysis of ambient air CO and patient COHb levels; also required are cardiology evaluation including ECG as well as neurological evaluation including brain imaging (CT and/or MRI, MR spectroscopy), and neuropsychological testing. Although immediate O-2 breathing is sometimes an adequate treatment, hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) is favored. Subsequently, only symptomatic therapy is available for the long-term sequelae of CO poisoning. (c) 2007 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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