Case Study The American journal of emergency medicine 2011

Severe carbon monoxide poisoning complicated by hypothermia: a case report.

Kamijo Y, Ide T, Ide A, Soma K — The American journal of emergency medicine, 2011

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Summary

What Researchers Did

Researchers reported on a case of severe carbon monoxide poisoning complicated by hypothermia in a 52-year-old man.

What They Found

The patient presented with severe CO poisoning (CO-Hb 36.0%) and hypothermia (32.4°C), and despite high cerebrospinal fluid interleukin-6 (752 pg/mL), he did not develop delayed encephalopathy. Researchers suggest that the hypothermia, in the range of therapeutic hypothermia, may have prevented this complication.

Canadian Relevance

This study has no direct Canadian connection.

Study Limitations

As a single case report, the findings cannot be generalized to a broader patient population.

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Study Details

Study Type	Case Study
Category	Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Source	Pubmed
PubMed ID	20674229
Year Published	2011
Journal	The American journal of emergency medicine
MeSH Terms	Brain; Carbon Monoxide Poisoning; Humans; Hyperbaric Oxygenation; Hypothermia; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Neurotoxicity Syndromes

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