Anaesthesia and intensive care
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Anaesth Intensive Care
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Carbon monoxide is a common domestic and industrial poison which may be lethal. Survivors can develop permanent neuropsychiatric disability. ⋯ Oxygen is the recommended antidote to carbon monoxide, but it appears that oxygen under hyperbaric conditions repeated either daily or as indicated by the patient's condition may be required to provide an effective dose. A reliable marker of the severity of carbon monoxide poisoning is urgently needed so that trials of alternative regimens can proceed.