Poisoning with carbon monoxide (CO) remains an important cause of accidental and intentional injury worldwide. Several unblinded non-randomized trials have suggested that the use of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) prevents the development of neurological sequelae. This has led to the widespread use of HBO in the management of patients with carbon monoxide poisoning.
Professorial Medicine Unit, POWH Clinical School, University of NSW, South Wing, Edmund Blackett building, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia, 2031.
