Case Report

TWO CARBONMONOXIDE POISONING CASES WITH SIMILAR CARBOXIHEMOGLOBIN LEVELS AND DIFFERENT CLINICAL PRESENTATIONS

  • S. GENÇ
  • A. BAYDIN
  • D. AYGÜN
  • O. İNCEALTIN

Received Date: 28.12.2007 Accepted Date: 10.03.2008 Eurasian J Emerg Med 2008;7(3):47-48

Carbonmonoxide is a byproduct of the incomplete burning of compounds containing carbon. Carbonmonoxide causes intoxication mainly in the brain and the heart by creating tissue hypoxia. It is estimated that it consists of the half of the lethal intoxications in the world.

In this article, we present two carbonmonoxide intoxication cases with same carboxyhemoglobine levels but completely different clinical features.

Keywords: carbon monoxide intoxication, carboxyhemoglobin level, additional disease survive