title: [Acute carbon monoxide poisoning in children].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servizio di Accettazione, Istituto Scientifico G. Gaslini di Genova, Italia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lattere
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Raspino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vietti Ramus
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Peisino
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Renier
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bet
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin