Predicting Poor Neurocognitive Outcomes in Acute Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Annually, approximately 50,000 patients with carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning present to emergency departments (EDs) , with 1500 deaths. Approximately 15,000 intentional carbon monoxide poisonings annually account for more than two-thirds of reported deaths and cause neurocognitive sequelae among survivors.
Preventing neurocognitive sequelae is a major goal of treating acute carbon monoxide poisoning. There is a lack of reliable score systems for assessing the probability of these sequelae. A recent prognostic study developed and externally validated a prediction model including 5 risk factors associated with poor neurocognitive outcome at 1 month, creatine kinase level, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, Glasgow Coma Scale score, age, and shock cumulatively known as the COGAS score, among patients with carbon monoxide poisoning.
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