[Acute carbon monoxide poisoning in children].
Epidemiological and clinical aspects of 233 children below 14 years of age with acute carbon-monoxide poisoning are presented. Patients were recorded in the retrospective part of the M.S.P.C. (Multicentre Study of Poisoning in Children) at Genova, Torino and Trieste pediatric hospitals during 1975/90. Carbon-monoxide poisoning resulted to be a main toxic risk in children by considering its frequency and the severity of symptoms; three cases of death occurred. In particular, differences between symptoms in small children (under the age of 4 years) and adults are emphasised. This poisoning has to be suspected even in the presence of minor symptoms; the blood carboxyhemoglobin assay confirms the diagnosis and is useful to avoid further exposure.
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Servizio di Accettazione, Istituto Scientifico G. Gaslini di Genova, Italia.
Raspino
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Vietti Ramus
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Peisino
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Renier
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D000367:Age Factors; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012621:Seasons
D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin