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Neuropsychologic and functional recovery from severe carbon monoxide poisoning without hyperbaric oxygen therapyL K Weaver
Hyperbaric Medicine LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah 84143, USA
Ann Emerg Med 27:736-40. 1996..To test the hypothesis that neuropsychologic test results and functional outcome will be abnormal if hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) is not used in patients with severe carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning...
Hyperbaric oxygen for acute carbon monoxide poisoningLindell K Weaver
Department of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah 84143, USA
N Engl J Med 347:1057-67. 2002..Patients with acute carbon monoxide poisoning commonly have cognitive sequelae. We conducted a double-blind, randomized trial to evaluate the effect of hyperbaric-oxygen treatment on such cognitive sequelae...
Carbon Monoxide Research Group, LDS Hospital, Utah in reply to Scheinkestel et al. and Emerson: the role of hyperbaric oxygen in carbon monoxide poisoningLindell K Weaver
Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Critical Care Divisions, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Emerg Med Australas 16:394-9; discussion 481-2. 2004..and the accompanying Commentary: 'The dilemma of managing carbon monoxide poisoning' by Emerson published in the April issue of Emergency Medicine Australasia...
Pulmonary edema associated with hyperbaric oxygen therapyL K Weaver
Department of Hyperbaric Medicine, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT 84143, USA
Chest 120:1407-9. 2001..We advise caution in the use of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in patients with heart failure or in patients with reduced cardiac EFs...
Carboxyhemoglobin half-life in carbon monoxide-poisoned patients treated with 100% oxygen at atmospheric pressureL K Weaver
Hyperbaric Medicine and Pulmonary Division, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT 84143, USA
Chest 117:801-8. 2000..The purpose of the present study was to measure the COHb t(1/2) in a cohort of CO-poisoned patients and to determine if those listed factors influenced the COHb t(1/2)...
Carbon monoxide poisoningL K Weaver
Hyperbaric Medicine and Comprehensive Wound Care Centers, LDS Hospital, Utah, USA
Crit Care Clin 15:297-317, viii. 1999..Given the neurocognitive sequelae following CO poisoning, increased awareness and prevention of CO poisoning is imperative...
Operational use and patient care in the monoplace hyperbaric chamberL K Weaver
Department of Medicine, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Respir Care Clin N Am 5:51-92. 1999..It is hoped that further discussion, thought, and research can help elucidate answers to these questions...
Neuropsychological impairments following hantavirus pulmonary syndromeR O Hopkins
Department of Critical Care Medicine, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT 84143, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 4:190-6. 1998..Additional research needs to be carried out in order to determine the extent and severity of the cognitive impairments in survivors of HPS...
Basal ganglia volumes following CO poisoning: A prospective longitudinal studyD T Pulsipher
Psychology Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
Undersea Hyperb Med 33:245-56. 2006..Clinicians need to be aware of basal ganglia neuropathologic changes in the absence of observable lesions following CO poisoning...
Acute psychosis associated with divingR O Hopkins
Psychology Department and Neuroscience Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
Undersea Hyperb Med 28:145-8. 2001..Divers with acute psychosis without signs and symptoms and benign dive profiles are unlikely to have DCS or AGE...
Monoplace hyperbaric chamber use of U.S. Navy Table 6: a 20-year experienceL K Weaver
LDS Hospital, Utah, USA
Undersea Hyperb Med 33:85-8. 2006..The U.S. Navy TT6 was well tolerated by patients with DCS or AGE treated in monoplace hyperbaric chambers, but tolerance may not be as high as when treated in the multiplace chamber...
Hypoxemia with air breathing periods in U.S. NAVY Treatment Table 6L K Weaver
Hyperbaric Medicine, LDS Hospital, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Undersea Hyperb Med 33:11-5. 2006..9 atm abs (192.5 kPa). If patients require > or = 40% inspired oxygen before HBO2 therapy, oxygenation monitoring is advisable during air breathing periods, especially at lower chamber pressures (< or = 2.0 atm abs)...
Comparison of three intravenous infusion pumps for monoplace hyperbaric chambersL K Weaver
LDS Hospital, Utah, USA
Undersea Hyperb Med 32:451-6. 2005..Enteral infusions (100 ml/hour) resulted in -20% to +12% fluid volume discrepancies. In conclusion, the Baxter pump had the best overall performance. Changes observed during compression and decompression may be clinically important...
Carbon monoxide poisoning: risk factors for cognitive sequelae and the role of hyperbaric oxygenLindell K Weaver
Department of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Division, Intermountain Healthcare, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 176:491-7. 2007..Carbon monoxide poisoning is common and causes cognitive sequelae. Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO(2)) reduces cognitive sequelae incidence, but which patients may benefit from HBO(2) is unclear...
Brain atrophy and cognitive impairment in survivors of Acute Respiratory Distress SyndromeRamona O Hopkins
Psychology Department and Neuroscience Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
Brain Inj 20:263-71. 2006..It also compared the medical and cognitive outcome data of patients with ARDS with and without CT scans...
Apolipoprotein E genotype and response of carbon monoxide poisoning to hyperbaric oxygen treatmentRamona O Hopkins
Psychology Department and Neuroscience Center, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 176:1001-6. 2007..The apolipoprotein (APOE) epsilon4 allele predicts unfavorable neurologic outcome after brain injury and stroke...
Affective outcome following carbon monoxide poisoning: a prospective longitudinal studyBruce W Jasper
Psychology Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84604, USA
Cogn Behav Neurol 18:127-34. 2005..Clinicians need to be aware of affective morbidity following CO poisoning and remain vigilant about CO prevention...
Pulmonary function and health-related quality of life in survivors of acute respiratory distress syndromeJames Orme
Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Divisions, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah 84143, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 167:690-4. 2003..Acute respiratory distress syndrome survivors treated with high and low tidal volumes have abnormal pulmonary function that was related to decreased health-related quality of life 1 year after hospital discharge...
Cognitive and affective outcomes of more severe compared to less severe carbon monoxide poisoningChelsea A Chambers
Psychology Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
Brain Inj 22:387-95. 2008..To assess cognitive sequelae, depression and anxiety following carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning...
Two-year cognitive, emotional, and quality-of-life outcomes in acute respiratory distress syndromeRamona O Hopkins
Department of Critical Care Medicine, LDS Hospital, Eighth Avenue and C Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84602
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 171:340-7. 2005..ARDS can cause significant long-term, brain-related morbidity manifest by neurocognitive impairments and decreased quality of life...
Quality of life, emotional, and cognitive function following acute respiratory distress syndromeRamona O Hopkins
Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Divisions, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 10:1005-17. 2004..ARDS is common and may result in significant cognitive and emotional morbidity and decreased quality of life...
Hemorrhagic infarction in white matter following acute carbon monoxide poisoningLindell K Weaver
Neurology 64:1101; author reply 1101. 2005
Theoretical advantage of oxygen treatment for combat casualties during medical evacuation at high altitudeColin K Grissom
Critical Care Medicine, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah 84143, USA
J Trauma 61:461-7. 2006
Basal ganglia lesions following carbon monoxide poisoningRamona O Hopkins
Pyschology Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602 5543, USA
Brain Inj 20:273-81. 2006..Research design: Literature review and prospective cohort study...
Transient cardiac dysfunction in acute carbon monoxide poisoningDavid L Chamberland
Am J Med 117:623-5. 2004
Cognitive sequelae in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients with and without recall of the intensive care unitMichael J Larson
Psychology Department, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 13:595-605. 2007..Estimated premorbid intelligence scores were inversely related to the magnitude of cognitive sequelae, suggesting greater "cognitive reserve" in patients with fewer cognitive decrements...
Carbon monoxide poisoning at motels, hotels, and resortsLindell K Weaver
Hyperbaric Medicine, Pulmonary Critical Care Division, Department of Internal Medicine, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Am J Prev Med 33:23-7. 2007..Poisoning has occurred at motels, hotels, and resorts. Congressional mandate requires smoke alarms in all guest rooms; however, smoke alarms do not detect CO...
Transcutaneous oxygen and carbon dioxide tensions compared to arterial blood gases in normalsLindell K Weaver
Hyperbaric Medicine, LDS Hospital, Eighth Avenue and C Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84143, USA
Respir Care 52:1490-6. 2007..Most hyperbaric medicine centers do not monitor arterial oxygen (P(aO(2))) and carbon dioxide (P(aCO(2))) tensions during hyperbaric oxygen, but many can transcutaneously monitor oxygen (P(tcO(2))) and carbon dioxide (P(tcCO(2)))...
Burns and metabolismLindell K Weaver
J Am Coll Surg 199:836-7. 2004
