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Cardiotoxicity of Carbon Monoxide in Patients Treated With Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

France66 participantsStarted 2022-07-25

Plain-language summary

Carbon monoxide poisoning is a frequent domestic accident and the leading cause of death from unintentionnal poisoning. Its toxicity is based on the CO binding to hemoglobin and myoglobin, inhibition of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase, resulting in tissue hypoxia and reduced adenosine triphosphate synthesis and ischemia-reperfusion injury. This study aims to investigate the early and late cardiologic effects of CO in patients treated with hyperbaric oxygen (HBOT) for CO poisoning

Who can participate

Age range

18 Years – 100 Years

Sex

ALL

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Inclusion Criteria: Patients treated for CO poisoning with HBOT in the hyperbaric and underwater medicine department of the Brest University hospital from 2015/01/01 to 2021/12/31 Exclusion Criteria: * refusal

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1Based on my diagnosis and history, is this trial worth exploring for me — or is there a standard treatment we should try first?
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What they're measuring

early and late cardiac injury due to CO poisoning description

Timeframe: enrollment (inclusion)

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06549621

SponsorUniversity Hospital, Brest

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2022-10-25

Contact for this trial

anne Henckes

02 98 34 70 98 anne.henckes@chu-brest.fr

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