Rare side effect of Hookah Smoking; Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
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Recurrent carbon monoxide poisoning from cigarette smoking.
Carbon monoxide intoxication remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States with an estimate of 50,000 cases annually in emergency departments nationwide (Weaver, N Engl J Med. 2009;360:1217-25). Sources of carbon monoxide most often include car exhaust, malfunctioning heating systems and inhaled smoke. It has been well established that there is a dose-dependent increase ...
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BACKGROUND Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is commonly seen during the winter season in Turkey due to use of charcoal stoves and water heaters, but narghile smoking is a rare cause of CO poisoning. CASE REPORT In this paper, we report a CO poisoning case caused by narghile smoking. The patient was admitted to the ED with nausea, dizziness, vertigo, and syncope. CONCLUSIONS The diagnosis of CO po...
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متن کاملMass carbon monoxide poisoning.
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Oncologica Turcica
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0304-596X,2148-7669
DOI: 10.5505/aot.2020.70188