RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
OUTCOME: POSITIVE
Hyperbaric oxygen for acute carbon monoxide poisoning
Weaver LK, Hopkins RO, Chan KJ, et al.
New England Journal of Medicine · 2002 · n = 152
What it found
Randomized trial in which three HBOT sessions reduced the rate of cognitive sequelae at 6 weeks after acute CO poisoning compared with normobaric oxygen.
Our note on quality
Landmark NEJM RCT; basis for HBOT in CO poisoning with neurological risk.
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