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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning [PDF]
Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2016 Audience: This oral boards case is appropriate for all emergency medicine learners (residents, interns, and medical students). Introduction: Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless and odorless gas that typically results from combustion.
Alisa Wray
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Apollo Medicine, 2010 Carbon monoxide is a colourless, odourless and tasteless gas existing in a miniscule concentration in the atmosphere (< 0.001%), and is a product of partial combustion. Carbon monoxide poisoning is associated with a high incidence of morbidity and mortality. Symptoms are usually non-specific and include fatigue, headache, dizziness, nausea and vomiting,
Anupam Prakash +2 more
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Toxicology Reports, 2020 Carbon monoxide (CO) is the leading cause of poisoning deaths in many countries, including Japan. Annually, CO poisoning claims about 2000–5000 lives in Japan, which is over half of the total number of poisoning deaths.
Hiroshi Kinoshita +6 more
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Abnormal Brain Functional Network Dynamics in Acute CO Poisoning
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021 Aims: Carbon monoxide poisoning is a common condition that can cause severe neurological sequelae. Previous studies have revealed that functional connectivity in carbon monoxide poisoning is abnormal under the assumption that it is resting during ...
Hongyi Zheng +5 more
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Carbon monoxide poisoning - cases, pathophysiology, management
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2023 Carbon monoxide poisoning is a common clinical problem, especially in autumn and winter. Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless gas and poisoning causes hypoxia, cell damage and consequently, can lead to death.
Magdalena Kubicka +6 more
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Critical Care Clinics, 1999 Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is common and frequently unrecognized since the signs and symptoms are relatively nonspecific. CO poisoning causes tissue hypoxia. Additionally, various animal studies have demonstrated that CO interferes with myoglobin, P450, and other enzyme function; causes lipid peroxidation through neutrophil activation; produces ...
E, Walker, A, Hay
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Carbon monoxide poisoning: beyond survival - mortality, morbidities, and risk factors, a Turkey sample [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Background We aimed to investigate the effect of poisoning on mortality leading to new morbidities in people who survived the poisoning. Methods The descriptive-retrospective study evaluated all carbon monoxide poisoning cases between 2012 and 2022 in ...
Erdoğan Öz +3 more
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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning [PDF]
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 1991 Carbon monoxide is a common domestic and industrial poison which may be lethal. Survivors can develop permanent neuropsychiatric disability. The mechanisms of toxicity are poorly understood and the traditional criteria used to determine the severity of the poisoning have low predictability. Oxygen is the recommended antidote to carbon monoxide, but it
D F, Gorman, W B, Runciman
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Chest Pain in a Young Male with Carbon Monoxide Poisoning and Substance Abuse: A Case Report and Literature Review [PDF]
ARYA Atherosclerosis, 2023 BACKGROUND: Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is the leading cause of poisoning-related deaths in theUnited States. In addition, myocardial infarction (MI) due to CO poisoning in a young, healthy adult is rare.On the other hand, smokeless tobacco, processed
Mohammad Mostafa Ansari Ramandi +4 more
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Carbon monoxide poisoning [PDF]
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2014 For references, please see Appendix 2, available at [www.cmaj.ca/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1503/cmaj.130972/-/DC1][1] Carbon monoxide (CO) is an imperceptible gas produced by the incomplete combustion of carbon-based compounds.
Peter E, Wu, David N, Juurlink
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