Neuropsychiatric sequelae of acute carbon monoxide poisoning: The predictive role of neuron specific enolase and glial fibrillary acidic protein.

Background: Acute carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is one of the most common poisons worldwide and neuropsychiatric sequelae (NS) are the most frequent form of its morbidity.

Objectives: This study aimed to measure the percentage of patients liable to NS, to evaluate the cognitive profile of patients with NS and to assess the role of neuron specific enolase (NSE) and glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) in predicting the development of NS after acute CO poisoning.

Methods: This prospective study included 50 patients with acute CO poisoning presented to the Poison Control Center, Ain Shams University Hospitals during the period from beginning of November 2015 till the end of January 2017.