Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - Diagnosis
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Toxic and acquired metabolic encephalopathies: MRI appearance.

30 Aug 2009 OBJECTIVE: The differential diagnosis of patients presenting with acute encephalopathy is broad. Imaging can help in narrowing the differential in many cases. We pictorially review the more classic MRI features of several acute toxic and acquired ... Read more...

[Carbon monoxide poisoning: an update for 2009]

17 Aug 2009 Carbon monoxide (CO) is the leading cause of death by poisoning in developed countries. In 2006, 23 deaths and more than 130 hospitalisations related to CO poisoning have been reported in Switzerland. Impairment in oxygen transport through ... Read more...

Carbon monoxide epidemic among immigrant populations: King County, Washington, 2006.

14 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVES: We investigated an outbreak of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning after a power outage to determine its extent, identify risk factors, and develop prevention measures. METHODS: We reviewed medical records and medical examiner reports of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Toxic and acquired metabolic encephalopathies: MRI appearance. 30 Aug 2009
• [Carbon monoxide poisoning: an update for 2009] 17 Aug 2009
• Carbon monoxide epidemic among immigrant populations: King County, Washington, 2006. 14 Jul 2009
• Dying to play video games: carbon monoxide poisoning from electrical generators used after hurricane Ike. 30 May 2009
• Monthly variations in the diagnosis of carbon monoxide exposures in the emergency department. 29 Apr 2009
• A carbon dioxide fatality from dry ice. 16 Apr 2009
• [Carbon monoxide poisoning] 4 Apr 2009
• CO poisoning mimics flu. 30 Mar 2009
• Clinical practice. Carbon monoxide poisoning. 17 Mar 2009
• Influence of carbon monoxide poisoning on the fetal heart monitor tracing: a report of 3 cases. 27 Feb 2009
• [A rare but important differential diagnosis in consciousness disorders of unknown origin: carbon monoxide poisoning] 17 Feb 2009
• [Clinical features of acute carbon monoxide occupational poisonings complicated by thermochemical damage to upper respiratory tract] 30 Dec 2008
• Carbon monoxide toxicity. 30 Dec 2008
• Carbon monoxide poisoning measurement. 29 Nov 2008
• [Carbon monoxide intoxication and anterograde amnesia] 18 Aug 2008
• The diversity of carbon monoxide intoxication: medical courses can differ extremely-a case report. 30 Jul 2008
• Diesel fumes do kill: a case of fatal carbon monoxide poisoning directly attributed to diesel fuel exhaust with a 10-year retrospective case and literature review*. 15 Jul 2008
• [Suicidal and accidental carbon monoxide poisonings due to charcoal fires in closed spaces] 29 Jun 2008
• Carbon monoxide poisoning. 25 Jun 2008
• Finding needles in a haystack: a case series of carbon monoxide poisoning detected using new technology in the emergency department. 30 May 2008

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Technical information about 'Carbon Monoxide Poisoning'

Definition: Toxic asphyxiation due to the displacement of oxygen from oxyhemoglobin by carbon monoxide.

Descriptor UI: D002249

Alternative terms: Carbon Monoxide Poisoning; Poisoning, Carbon Monoxide; Carbon Monoxide Poisonings; Monoxide Poisoning, Carbon; Monoxide Poisonings, Carbon; Poisonings, Carbon Monoxide; Poisoning, Illuminating Gas; Gas Poisoning, Illuminating; Gas Poisonings, Illuminating; Illuminating Gas Poisonings; Poisonings, Illuminating Gas; Illuminating Gas Poisoning;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C21.613.455.245;

Online Note: use CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING to search ILLUMINATING GAS POISONING 1969-78

History Note: ILLUMINATING GAS POISONING was see under CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING 1969-78