Open AccessCarbon monoxide poisoning in Beirut, Lebanon: Patient′s characteristics and exposure sources
Author(s) -
Mazen El Sayed,
Hani Tamim
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.142762
Subject(s) - medicine , carbon monoxide poisoning , carboxyhemoglobin , interquartile range , co poisoning , smoke , emergency department , retrospective cohort study , poison control , pediatrics , emergency medicine , surgery , psychiatry , biochemistry , chemistry , carbon monoxide , catalysis , physics , meteorology
Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is a preventable disease. Patients present with nonspecific symptoms post CO exposure. Causal factors are well described in developed countries, but less in developing countries.