AIMS Carbon monoxide (CO) can cause lethal intoxication, but the burden of occult CO poisoning is still unclear. We aimed at prospectively assessing the number of patients with occult CO poisoning presenting to an emergency department within one year. METHODS Prospective, observational study according to the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) stateme...

OBJECTIVES We describe the cardiovascular manifestations of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. BACKGROUND Carbon monoxide poisoning is a common cause of toxicologic morbidity and mortality. Although the neurologic sequelae of CO poisoning have been well described, the cardiovascular consequences are limited to isolated case reports. METHODS We reviewed the cardiovascular manifestations of 230 ...

Address for Correspondence: Selçuk Öztürk, Department of Cardiology, Ankara Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey E-mail: [email protected] ©Copyright 2016 by Emergency Physicians Association of Turkey Available online at www.jemcr.org Introduction Carbon monoxide (CO) is known to be an inodorous, colorless, and non-irritating gas. It is commonly known as the silent killer. Th...

During the procedure of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, the craniocerebral injury mainly locates in the bilateral cerebral subcortical white matter, globus pallidus, or internal capsule; therefore, CO poisoning-resulted isolated large-area cerebellar damage and secondary extensive cerebellar atrophy is extremely rare. This study reported the clinical symptoms, signs, imaging features, diagnosis...

At the start of the 20th century, CO poisoning was treated by administering a combination of CO(2) and O(2) (carbogen) to stimulate ventilation. This treatment was reported to be highly effective, even reversing the deep coma of severe CO poisoning before patients arrived at the hospital. The efficacy of carbogen in treating CO poisoning was initially attributed to the absorption of CO(2); howe...

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...

We read with great interest the article by Yarar et al. entitled “Analysis of the features of acute carbon monoxide poisoning and hyperbaric oxygen therapy in children”1. Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, with its high morbidity and mortality, remains an important public health problem. The data about CO poisoning in pediatric patients are limited and the contributions of Yarar et al. are of valu...

Carbon monoxide (CO), as a product of incomplete combustion of organic substances due to insufficient oxygen to enable complete oxidation to carbon dioxide (CO 2), is toxic but colorless, odorless, tasteless, and initially non-irritating. CO poisoning occurs after prolonged exposure with a potentially lethal dosage over 100 ppm(1). It is such an common and classic disease that people who live i...

Both acute and chronic exposure to carbon monoxide (CO) gas can have serious and permanent effects on a person’s health and vision, especially if left untreated. The brain and eyes are at risk upon exposure to this clear, odorless gas due to the large oxygen demands of these structures. This teaching case report highlights the need for eyecare professionals to recognize the possible ocular, sys...

Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is one of the most important health concerns and may result in neuropathologic changes and neurologic sequelae. However, few studies have addressed the correlation between CO poisoning and blood-brain barrier (BBB) impairment. In this study, we investigated the effects of N-butylphthalide (NBP) on the expressions of zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1), claudin-5 and aquapor...