A new chinese restaurant syndrome: the 'chinese fondue' carbon monoxide mass intoxication
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چکیده
In this paper, we report a rare and original case of carbon monoxide (CO) mass intoxication. CO is produced in large amounts in industry as well as by gasoline engines, home appliances and the incomplete combustion of wood, natural gas, and tobacco products. It is rapidly absorbed through the lungs and binds to hemoglobin, forming carboxyhemoglobin (COHb), with an affinity 210 times that of oxygen. CO is a toxic gas that interferes with oxygen transport and utilization. It produces its adverse effects by reducing the amount of available oxyhemoglobin, and by displacing the oxygen–hemoglobin dissociation curve to the left. The net effect is profund tissue hypoxemia [1].
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