Toxicity associated with carbon monoxide.
Carbon monoxide is an insidious poison that accounts for thousands of deaths each year in North America. Clinical effects maybe diverse and include headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting,syn-cope, seizures, coma, dysrhythmias, and cardiac ischemia. Children, pregnant women, and patients who have underlying cardiovascular disease are particularly at risk for adverse out-comes. Treatment consists of oxygen therapy, supportive care, and, in selected cases, hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Kao
Louise W
LW
Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46206, USA. lkao@clarian.org
Nañagas
Kristine A
KA
D000931:Antidotes / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000633:toxicity*; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D019570:Inhalation Exposure; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
D000931:Antidotes; D002248:Carbon Monoxide