Effects of donepezil on cognition and global functioning in patients with delayed encephalopathy after carbon monoxide poisoning - A case series.

Suicide by charcoal burning has been epidemic in East Asian countries.1 Charcoal burning is currently the second most commonly employed method of suicide and accounted for approximately 31% of all suicides in Taiwan.2 Delayed symptoms of neuropsychiatric sequelae after CO poisoning include mood, cognitive and personality changes, parkinsonism, incontinence, dementia, and psychosis.3 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.