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  • Title: Carbon monoxide poisoning presenting as an isolated seizure.
    Author: Herman LY.
    Journal: J Emerg Med; 1998; 16(3):429-32. PubMed ID: 9610972.
    Abstract:
    Seizures are generally regarded as a manifestation of extreme, generally near-fatal carbon monoxide poisoning. A case is described in which a seizure attributable to carbon monoxide poisoning occurred in a small child at a level not thought to be associated with serious neurologic toxicity. A literature review of the occurrence of seizures in carbon monoxide poisoning found that no particular degree of carboxyhemoglobin was correlated with the presence of seizures. A seizure with no other apparent cause occurring in circumstances in which carbon monoxide toxicity would be suspected can be attributed to carbon monoxide poisoning.
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