TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Quantitative Romberg's test in acute carbon monoxide poisoning treated by hyperbaric oxygen
JO  - Undersea and hyperbaric medicine
A1  - Bidstrup, Daniel
A1  - Jansen, Erik Christian
A1  - Hyldegaard, Ole
SP  - 559
EP  - 567
VL  - 44
IS  - 6
N2  - OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether monitoring of acute carbon monoxide-poisoned (COP) patients by means of quantitative Romberg's test (QR-test) during a hyperbaric oxygen (HBO₂) therapy regimen could be a useful supplement in the evaluation of neurological status. <br><br>METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study (2000-2014) in which we evaluated data containing quantitative sway measurements of acute COP patients (n = 58) treated in an HBO₂ regimen. Each patient was tested using QR-test before and after each HBO₂ treatment. Data were analyzed using linear mixed models (LMM). In each LMM, sway prior to HBO₂ therapy was set as the fixed effect and change in sway after HBO₂ therapy was set as the response variable. Patient, treatment number, weight and age were set as random effects for all LMMs. <br><br>RESULTS: From the LMMs we found that larger values of sway prior to HBO₂ produced a negative change in sway. We found no correlation between CO level and sway (P=0.1028; P=0.8764; P=0.4749; P=0.5883). <br><br>RESULTS showed that loss of visual input caused a significant increase in mean sway (P=0.028) and sway velocity (P⟨0.0001). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The Quantitative Romberg's test is a fast, useful supplement to neurological evaluation and a potential valuable tool for monitoring postural stability during the course of treatment in acute COP patients.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1066-2936
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -