[A group carbon monoxide poisoning].
The aim of the study was to present the group carbon monoxide poisoning in Kraków in December 2003. Despite the reanimation procedure one fatal case was stated on the spot (HbCO--60% according to post-mortem toxicological examination). CO threshold limit values were significantly exceeded in the whole building. The inhabitants (15 persons) were transported to the Department of Clinical Toxicology Jagiellonian University Medical College. Also 4 staff members of the ambulance and 2 policemen called to the incident, were diagnosed and observed. Totally, toxicology medical care was given to 21 CO exposed persons. In 8 of them acute CO poisoning of minor grade was stated. Any clinical symptoms of poisoning in the rest of CO exposed persons were noted.
Pach
Dorota
D
Klinika Endokrynologii, Collegium Medicum, Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego w Krakowie.
Ciszowski
Krzysztof
K
Modła
Arkadiusz
A
Targosz
Dorota
D
Kłys
Małgorzata
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000097:blood*; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D002248:Carbon Monoxide