title: Acute carbon monoxide poisoning: emergency management and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
abstract: An ice storm in February 1989 resulted in numerous incidences of carbon monoxide poisoning in central Mississippi secondary to exposure to open fires in unventilated living spaces. Sixteen cases were treated during this period at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and 6 received Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy. These 6 cases and the mechanisms of CO poisoning are discussed and recommendations for emergency management are reviewed.
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Severance
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Kolb
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Carlton
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Jorden
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006361:Heating; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008922:Mississippi / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012906:Smoke
chemical_list: D012906:Smoke