title: A comparison of two types of acute carbon monoxide poisoning.
abstract: In 47 patients treated at the Toxicological Clinic in Krakow for coal stove-gas poisoning, the aspartate aminotransferase, lactate dehydrogenase, LDH1 isoenzyme activities, and the lactate level were studied. Findings were compared with those of earlier investigations carried out on a group of patients poisoned by lighting gas; qualitatively changes in both groups were similar. The biochemical parameters studied aided in quantitative evaluation of the patients' condition: a threefold increase in lactate level on admission to the hospital and a likewise threefold increase in aspartate aminotransferase activity after 24 hrs of treatment are indications of severe poisoning.
mesh_terms: D000061:Accidents, Home; D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000097:blood* / Q000201:enzymology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood; D007773:Lactates / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D007773:Lactates; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases