Hyperbaric oxygen treatment in carbon monoxide poisoning - Does it really matter?

David Lysander Freytag; Jennifer Lynn Schiefer; Justus P Beier; Gerrit Grieb

doi:10.1016/j.burns.2023.06.007

Hyperbaric oxygen treatment in carbon monoxide poisoning - Does it really matter?

Burns. 2023 Dec;49(8):1783-1787. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2023.06.007. Epub 2023 Jun 16.

Authors

David Lysander Freytag¹, Jennifer Lynn Schiefer², Justus P Beier³, Gerrit Grieb⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Havelhoehe, Kladower Damm 221, 14089 Berlin, Germany.
² Department of Plastic, Reconstructive, Hand and Burn Surgery, Hospital Cologne Mehrheim, University of Witten, Herdecke, Germany.
³ Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery - Burn Center, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
⁴ Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Havelhoehe, Kladower Damm 221, 14089 Berlin, Germany; Department of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery - Burn Center, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany. Electronic address: gerrit.grieb@havelhoehe.de.

PMID: 37821285
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2023.06.007

Abstract

Carbon monoxide (CO) is an odorless and colorless gas that can lead to fulminant and life-threatening intoxications. Besides an early diagnosis, an appropriate treatment of the intoxication is important. In this context the reduction of CO concentration in blood and tissues is crucial revealing hyperbaric oxygen treatment (HBO) as a highly promising tool. However, the benefit of HBO in CO intoxications is still considered controversial. In this review, we discuss the evidence of the role of HBO treatment in isolated CO intoxication.

Keywords: Carbon monoxide; Carbon monoxide intoxication; Hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Burns* / therapy
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning* / therapy
Humans
Hyperbaric Oxygenation*
Oxygen

Substances

Oxygen