Risk Factors for Delayed Neuropsychiatric Sequelae in Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Ten Years' Experience in a Pediatric Emergency Department

Mei-Hua Hu^1,5, Jing-Long Huang², Kuang-Lin Lin³, Go-Shine Huang^1,4, Huei-Shyong Wang³, Ming-Liang Chou³, Po-Cheng Hung³ and Chang-Teng Wu¹

¹Department of General Pediatrics, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

²Department of Pediatric allergy, asthma and rheumatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

³Division of Pediatric Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

⁴Department of Anesthesiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan

⁵Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Keywords: Delayed neuropsychiatric sequelae, Carbon monoxide poisoning, Children, Methemohemoglobin, Hyperbaric oxygen

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