There’s No Place Like Home… for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
As a significant number of causes and events mimic childhood seizure activity, obtaining a thorough history and detailed description of the episode and any preceding events are essential.
Case conclusion
After hospital admission and treatment, both patients were discharged on hospital day 2 with a return to a baseline mental status. Neither patient reported neurological sequelae or new cognitive changes when a follow up call was placed more than 6 months after HBO treatment. The couple furthermore reported that they installed a CO detector upon their return home.
Dr West is a resident, department of emergency medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
Dr McGregor is a resident, department of emergency medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York.
Dr Touger is an associate professor of clinical emergency medicine, department of emergency medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York. He is also medical director of the Jacobi Medical Center hyperbaric chamber.
Dr Nelson, editor of “Case Studies in Toxicology,” is a professor in the department of emergency medicine and director of the medical toxicology fellowship program at New York University School of Medicine and New York City Poison Control Center. He is also associate editor, toxicology, of the EMERGENCY MEDICINE editorial board.
