[Lawsuit experiment as an important element in expert's work regarding carbon monoxide poisoning cases].
BACKGROUND
Giving an opinion in the field of carbon monoxide intoxications is still problematic.


METHODS
In the paper we present a case of the sudden death of a young female in the garage. In such a situation there were serious suspicions of a violent cause of the death. According to eye-witness relation an experiment to evaluate momentary carbon monoxide concentration in the garage was conducted. The toxicokinetic and biologic effects of carbon monoxide were taken under consideration.


RESULTS
It was revealed that under the given parameters it was impossible there to reach a lethal carbon monoxide concentration.
Potocka-Banaś
Barbara
B
Zakład Medycyny Sadowej Pomorskiej Akademii Medycznej w Szczecinie, al. Powstańców Wlkp. 72, 70-111 Szczecin.
Borowiak
Krzysztof
K
Janus
Tomasz
T
Majdanik
Sławomir
S
D000328:Adult; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000032:analysis; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002423:Cause of Death; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D005104:Expert Testimony; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011044:Poland
D000393:Air Pollutants; D002248:Carbon Monoxide