Hyperbaric oxygen therapy for carbon monoxide poisoning: a survey of emergency medical centers in Japan

• Published in: Nihon Kyukyu Igakukai Zasshi Vol. 23; no. 12; pp. 834 - 841
• Main Authors: Ogawa, Yoshihito, Nokubi, Motonari, Yazawa, Kazuyuki, Umemura, Yutaka, Sueyoshi, Koichiro, Takehara, Nobuharu, Takimoto, Hiroki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Japanese Association for Acute Medicine 2012
• Subjects: acute poisoning; delayed neurologic sequelae; encephalopathy; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
• ISSN: 0915-924X; 1883-3772
• DOI: 10.3893/jjaam.23.834

Acute carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is common, but the role of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy remains controversial. To evaluate the current situation regarding CO poisoning and HBO therapy, we sent a questionnaire to all 218 emergency medical centers in our country asking the approximate number o...