Am J Psychiatry 1976; 133:961-964
Copyright © 1976 by American Psychiatric Association
Subtle neuropsychiatric sequelae of carbon monoxide intoxication: two case reports
JW Jefferson
Carbon monoxide intoxication may result in subtle neuropsychiatric
abnormalities that can be overlooked, misdiagnosed, or not fully
appreciated. The author describes two patients who developed subtle but
troublesome emotional cognitive problems following carbon monoxide
poisoning and stresses the value of sequential neuropsychological testing
and judicious psychiatric counseling in such cases.