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To the Editor: Ernst and Zibrak (Nov. 26 issue)¹ state that coma is an undisputed indication for hyperbaric-oxygen therapy, but this claim has not been proved² and might be misleading. Neurocognitive sequelae can develop in comatose patients with carbon monoxide poisoning who are treated with hyperbaric oxygen,³ and patients with severe carbon monoxide poisoning can have a normal functional and cognitive recovery without hyperbaric oxygen.⁴

Interim analysis of an ongoing randomized clinical trial⁵ and one completed randomized clinical trial⁶ of the role of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in acute carbon monoxide poisoning have failed to demonstrate differences in outcomes between patients . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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• Blumenthal, I. (2001). Carbon monoxide poisoning. JRSM 94: 270-272 [Full Text]