Hyperbaric or normobaric oxygen for acute carbon monoxide poisoning: a randomised controlled clinical trial

@article{Scheinkestel1999HyperbaricON,
  title={Hyperbaric or normobaric oxygen for acute carbon monoxide poisoning: a randomised controlled clinical trial},
  author={C D Scheinkestel and Michael Bailey and Paul S. Myles and K Jones and D. Jamie Cooper and Ian L. Millar and D. V. Tuxen},
  journal={Medical Journal of Australia},
  year={1999},
  volume={170}
}
Objective: To assess neurological sequelae in patients with all grades of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning after treatment with hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) and normobaric oxygen (NBO). 
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