Carbon monoxide poisoning: a clinical case report
Deimante Baksevice, Aida Mankute-Use, Austeja Bernotaite-Morkune, Egle Zelbiene · 2024
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Description
Carbon monoxide is a colorless killer whose poisoning mimics many illnesses, so it is often missed. Deimante Baksevice and co-authors present two cases in this 2024 report from a young couple exposed to the gas.
The 23-year-old man arrived with clouded consciousness and nerve symptoms. His 21-year-old partner, who was pregnant, showed heart symptoms instead, including a stress-type heart failure pattern. The authors review why severity and symptoms vary so much, and when pressurized oxygen treatment is worth using, especially in pregnancy. They close by pressing for oxygen as first aid and more research into prevention.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Deimante Baksevice, Aida Mankute-Use, Austeja Bernotaite-Morkune, Egle Zelbiene |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 17 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |