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Combined Treatment of Methylprednisolone Pulse and Memantine Hydrochloride Prompts Recovery from Neurological Dysfunction and Cerebral Hypoperfusion in Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: A Case Report
A 49-year-old healthy man developed sudden unconsciousness under inadequate ventilation. Blood gas analysis showed carboxyhemoglobin of 7.3%. After normobaric oxygen therapy, he recovered completely 7 days later. At 3 weeks after carbon monoxide (CO) exposures, memory and gait disturbances appeared. Neurological examination revealed Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score of 5 of 30 points, leg hyper-reflexia with Babinski signs, and Parkinsonism. Brain fluid-attenuated inversion recovery imaging disclosed symmetric hypointense lesions in the thalamus and the globus pallidus, and hyperintense lesions in the cerebral w...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - June 21, 2013 Category: Neurology Authors: Konosuke Iwamoto, Ken Ikeda, Sunao Mizumura, Kazuhiro Tachiki, Masaru Yanagihashi, Yasuo Iwasaki Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research
