Chronic carbon monoxide poisoning. A report of two cases

Emergency Care Journal

Alessandro Riccardi¹  Marta Monteverdi¹  Roberto Lerza¹  Paolo Bientinesi¹ 

[1] Emergency Room and Emergency Medicine, Ospedale San Paolo, Savona;

关键词: Carbon monoxide poisoning;    acute myocardial infarction;    acute neurological syndromes;   

DOI  :  10.4081/ecj.2021.9677

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

If acute carbon monoxide poisoning is a well-known emergency situation, this is not the case for chronic poisoning. The missed diagnosis of acute CO poisoning is a well-known problem but the identification of a chronic poisoning is very challenging. Knowledge and awareness of chronic poisoning is less defined and probably there is a great number of patients with undiagnosed chronic CO poisoning. It is possible that in case of missed diagnosis because of non-specific symptoms, chronic CO poisoning could be responsible for significant morbidity. We describe the case of a married couple who were rescued almost simultaneously, to show this clinical condition.

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