Hyperbaric Oxygen Might Improve Outcomes After Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

In a Taiwanese study of patients with carbon monoxide poisoning, treatment with hyperbaric oxygen was associated with a reduced mortality rate.

In a retrospective review of a national database, the authors examined the association between treatment with hyperbaric oxygen for carbon monoxide poisoning and mortality. The study was based on Taiwanese records of carbon monoxide poisoning entered into a national database between 1999 and 2012. The authors used multivariable modeling to control for possible confounding variables including age, sex, income, comorbidities, poisoning for attempted suicide, drug use, acute respiratory failure, and follow-up length (range, <2 months to 4 years).

Hyperbaric oxygen was used for 7278 patients and was not used for 18,459 patients. Patients who received hyperbaric oxygen had a lower mortality than those who were not, after controlling for confoundi…

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Richard L. Byyny, MD, MSc, FACEP

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EquityZimmer; Aetna

Editorial BoardsAmerican College of Emergency Physicians Clinical Policies Committee

Richard L. Byyny, MD, MSc, FACEP

Disclosures

EquityZimmer; Aetna

Editorial BoardsAmerican College of Emergency Physicians Clinical Policies Committee

Hyperbaric Oxygen Might Improve Outcomes After Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

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