bachground: acute carbon monoxide poisoning (cop) is a common problem that occurs more frequently during winter and leads to serious complications. in our poisoning referral center, the incidence and complications of acute cop has not been evaluated previously. therefore we designed a study to evaluate its significance in our center. methods & materials: 111 cases of acute cop admitted during f...

background: carbon monoxide (co) poisoning may lead to hypoxic/anoxic injury and eventually ischemic encephalopathy. magnetic resonance imaging (mri) has a well-recognized role in assessment of the severity of brain damage caused by co poisoning. in this study, we aimed to present and analyze the structural abnormalities in the brain mri and especially in diffusion weighted mri (dwi) images in ...

background: carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless and poisonous gas. since there is currently no information on the prevalence of carbon monoxide poisoning in mazandaran, this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of carbon monoxide poisoning and compare its prevalence with other poisonings recorded in mazandaran department of forensic medicine, from 2009 to 2011.methods: this is a desc...

background: knowing the pattern of carbon monoxide (co) poisoning in each region is vital for enhanced health planning. this study was designed to evaluate the epidemiologic pattern of unintentional acute co poisoning in major cities of fars province, southwest of iran.  methods: this one-year cross-sectional study was carried out on unintentional co poisoning incidents in fars province, iran, ...

Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless gas produced as a by-product of incomplete combustion. Carbon monoxide poisoning accounts for approximately 3500 deaths in the United States annually. Carbon monoxide in exhaust fumes from motor vehicles accounts for most deaths due to carbon monoxide poisoning; however, poorly functioning heating systems, inhaled smoke, and propane-operated forklifts al...

Carbon monoxide poisoning is common and carries significant morbidity and mortality. The nervous system, particularly the brain, is frequently affected by it, owing to its high metabolic activity and oxygen requirements. Carbon monoxide damages the nervous system by both hypoxic and inflammatory mechanisms. Central diabetes insipidus is an extremely rare complication of carbon monoxide poisonin...

carbon monoxide (co) poisoning is still a health problem all over the world. informing users about symptoms and suggesting annual inspection of co producing devices will result in co poisoning reduction. the goal of this study was to evaluate awareness about co poisoning symptoms and its prevention ways in iranian population. in this study, a total of 700 patients' family members attended imam ...

Background: Poisoning with carbon monoxide occurs occasionally worldwide, and the gold diagnostic standard is to measure carboxyhemoglobin level in the blood. This study investigated the correlation between carboxyhemoglobin and the end-tidal carbon dioxide levels in 50 patients with carbon monoxide poisoning. Methods: We recruited 50 volunteer patients who had been admitted to the Emergency S...

Background: Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless and poisonous gas. Since there is currently no information on the prevalence of carbon monoxide poisoning in Mazandaran, this study aimed to investigate the prevalence of carbon monoxide poisoning and compare its prevalence with other poisonings recorded in Mazandaran Department of Forensic Medicine, from 2009 to 2011.Methods: This is a de...