title: [Case Report: young woman with reduced state of consciousness - rescue team stumble across curious cause].
abstract: Causes for reduced states of consciousness are diverse; it is often impossible to directly reveal the underlying agents. The following case report describes a young healthy patient who showed a temporary unconsciousness that first appeared seemingly without reason. Accidentally we hit a very uncommon cause for the prevailing carbon monoxide intoxication and were able to prevent further impairment of health status of both patient and environment.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anästhesie und Intensivtherapie, Universitätsklinikum Giessen und Marburg GmbH, Standort Marburg. mczaplik@ukaachen.de
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Czaplik
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brokmann
authors.forename: Rolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rossaint
mesh_terms: D016902:Air Pollution, Indoor / Q000032:analysis; D002188:Cannabis; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000097:blood; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism; D003244:Consciousness Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D002248:Carbon Monoxide; D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin; D010100:Oxygen