Ali Osman Yildirim, Murat Eroglu, Umit Kaldirim, Yusuf Emrah Eyi, Kemal Simsek, Murat Durusu, Levent Yamanel, Ibrahim Arziman, Salim Kemal Tuncer, Mehmet Toygar, Arzu Balkan, Tuncer Cayci, Seref Demirbas, Sukru Oter, Cumhur Bilgi
Serum neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and S-100β levels are considered novel biochemical markers of neuronal cell injury. In this study, the initial and post-treatment levels of NSE and S-100β were compared in carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning patients, who received normorbaric oxygen (NBO) or hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy. Forty consecutive patients with acute CO poisoning were enrolled in this prospective, observational study. According to their clinical symptoms and observations, twenty patients were treated with NBO, and the other twenty with HBO...
February 2015: Indian Journal of Biochemistry & Biophysics