Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potential in a Case of Severe Carbon Monoxide Intoxication.
10.3349/ymj.1983.24.2.149
- Author:
Il Saing CHOI
1
;
Ki Whan KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Brainstem auditory evoked potential;
CO intoxication
- MeSH:
Adult;
Brain Stem/physiopathology*;
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning/physiopathology*;
Evoked Potentials, Auditory*;
Human;
Male
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
1983;24(2):149-152
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 36-year-old man was brought unconscious to the emergency room; he suffered anoxic brain damage due to carbon monoxide (CO) intoxication, and had decerebrate rigidity clinically and died 1 month later after the acute insult. Computed tomography with contrast enhancement failed to show a brainstem lesion but the brainstem auditory evoked potential (BAEP) demonstrated the brainstem involvement. The BAEP can be used as an objective diagnostic aid for evaluating brainstem lesions in CO intoxication.
