Author/Authors :
Mizoguchi, Yoshito Department of Psychiatry - Faculty of Medicine - Saga University - Saga, Japan , Monji, Akira Department of Psychiatry - Faculty of Medicine - Saga University - Saga, Japan , Tateishi, Hiroshi Department of Psychiatry - Faculty of Medicine - Saga University - Saga, Japan , Murakawa, Toru Department of Psychiatry - Faculty of Medicine - Saga University - Saga, Japan , Matsushima, Jun Department of Psychiatry - Faculty of Medicine - Saga University - Saga, Japan , Kunitake, Yutaka Department of Psychiatry - Faculty of Medicine - Saga University - Saga, Japan , Shiraishi, Takumi Department of Psychiatry - Faculty of Medicine - Saga University - Saga, Japan , Kojima, Ryohei Department of Psychiatry - Faculty of Medicine - Saga University - Saga, Japan , Inaba, Takayoshi Department of Psychiatry - Faculty of Medicine - Saga University - Saga, Japan , Kato, Takahiro Department of Neuropsychiatry - Faculty of Medicine - Graduate School of Medical Sciences - Kyushu University, Japan
Abstract :
We herein report two cases with carbon monoxide- (CO-) induced delayed neuropsychiatric sequelae (DNS) successfully treatedwith hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in attempt suicide by charcoal burning. The two patients with CO-induced DNS weresuccessfully treated with a total of more than 100 sessions of HBOT. Frontal assessment battery (FAB) was useful to examinethe effectiveness of HBOT objectively. In the future study, a large-randomized trial is required to establish the efficacy of HBOTfor the treatment of DNS
Keywords :
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy , Carbon Monoxide-Induced , Delayed Neuropsychiatric Sequelae , Relevant Literature Review
