Carbon monoxide (CO) is one of the most toxic agents in clinical and forensic practices. Diagnosis of CO poisoning is a challenging task and needs a high level of suspicion. Carboxyhaemoglobin (COHb) level is considered the only established marker for diagnosis. The current work aims to determine the levels of COHb in blood samples collected from CO poisoned patients on admission and to re-esti...

The aim of this study was to define the electrocardiogram (ECG) changes following the moderate to severe CO intoxication in rats, and also evaluating the effect of erythropoietin (EPO) on observed cardiac disturbances. The growing literature on erythropoietin effect on cardiac ischemia led us to question its effect on cardiotoxicity due to the carbon monoxide poisoning. Wistar rats were exposed...

BACKGROUND Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is common after major storms because of loss of electrical power and use of alternate fuel sources for heat and electricity. In past epidemics of hurricane-related CO poisoning, the source has typically been gasoline-powered electrical generators. Although it is typically believed that generators were used to power air conditioning and refrigeration, th...

INTRODUCTION Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless gas produced as a by-product of incomplete combustion, and a common source is the fuel used for heating water in homes. The clinical presentation of CO poisoning may be mild, moderate, or severe. CASE PRESENTATION This paper describes carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in a 15-year-old child who suffered from severe cardiopulmonary compro...

INTRODUCTION Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) is effective therapy for carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. In recent years, many hyperbaric physicians in the US have felt that numbers of patients referred for treatment of CO poisoning have decreased. Further, since the 2002 Weaver et al study (5), there has been discussion regarding the best treatment protocol. This study was conducted to determine numbers...

CO2 electroreduction powered by renewable energy is an attractive strategy to close the carbon cycle. Among possible reduction products, CO of particular interest due its large industrial applications. Transition metals in Pt group are able electrochemically reduce CO, but suffer from surface poisoning, which causes a quick deactivation and overall sluggish kinetics. Here, we show that introduc...

PURPOSE While carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is common in the USA, its incidence is uncertain. Fatal poisonings are counted with relative accuracy from death certificate data, but estimates of the more common nonfatal poisonings are either old or limited. This study was performed to estimate the number of emergency department (ED) visits annually in the USA for carbon monoxide poisoning. BASI...

BACKGROUND Portable electrical generators have been responsible for over 800 accidental carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning deaths in the United States from 1999-2012. OBJECTIVES Because mortality figures are typically the only data reported with regard to the adverse effects of generators, we describe a nonfatal segment of the poisoned population to further emphasize the significance of the probl...

Background: This study aimed to aim to investigate the association between LP-PLA2 rs1805017/ rs1051931 gene polymorphism and acute carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. Methods: Two Lp-PLA2 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), rs1805017 and rs1051931, selected from DNA pooling base genome-wide association study, were genotyped by in 921 acute CO poisoning patients using polymerase chain reaction ...

Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is the commonest single cause of fatal poisoning in the U.K. (Broome & Pearson, 1988). The clinical features are numerous and include headache, fatigue, dizziness, confusion, memory loss, paraesthesia, chest pain, abdominal pain, nausea, and diarrhoea as well as coma, convulsions and death. Without adequate treatment many patients develop neuropsychiatric sequelae...