INTRATHECAL OXYGEN IN THE TREATMENT OF DELAYED NEUROLOGIC SEQUELAE OF CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION: REPORT OF 8 CASES
- VernacularTitle:椎管内注氧治疗迟发性一氧化碳中毒后神经系统后遗症8例报告
- Author:
Yilu WANG
;
Anping LIU
;
Xiaoshu ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army
1983;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
8 patients, 6 males and 2 females, aged 26-56 years, with delayed neurologic sequelae following CO intoxication, were treated. The lucid intervals before the appearance of neurological sequelae varied from 5 days to 3 months, and the course of disease lasted for 7 days to 2.3 years. The clinical manifestations were mainly dementia, mutism, urinary or fecal incontinence, and gait disturbance. Among the 8 patients, clinical cure was obtained in 5 and improved in 3 after intrathecal oxygen administration.
