Carbon monoxide poisoning: systemic manifestations and complications
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Carbon monoxide poisoning: systemic manifestations and complications.
Carbon monoxide (CO) has the toxic effects of tissue hypoxia and produces various systemic and neurological complications. The main clinical manifestations of acute CO poisoning consist of symptoms caused by alterations of the cardiovascular system such as initial tachycardia and hypertension, and central nervous system symptoms such as headache, dizziness, paresis, convulsion and unconsciousne...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Korean Medical Science
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1011-8934,1598-6357
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2001.16.3.253