Treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning in Germany : A retrospective single center analysis

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Lars EichhornKay Tetzlaff

Abstract

The symptoms of acute carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning are unspecific, ranging from headaches to unconsciousness and death. In addition to acute symptoms, delayed severe neurological sequelae may occur. While a total of 440 deaths by CO poisoning were registered in Germany in 1999, a total of 594 patients died (0.73 per 100,000 inhabitants) in 2014 and in 2015 the number even increased to 648 deaths. A national database on clinical symptoms, course of illness or quality of care concerning CO poisoning does not yet exist. The treatment data of patients admitted to the Hyperbaric Emergency Centre Wiesbaden (HEC) from 2013 to 2017 with CO poisoning formed the basis of the study. This was a comparative evaluation of patient demographics, poisoning sources, symptom spectrum, course of treatment and time intervals registered on the preclinical and clinical levels. From 2013 to 2017 a total of 476 patients (282 men and 194 women) with an average non-invasively measured CO-Hb of 15% (Q0.25 = 7.6%, Q0.75 = 22.3%) were treated with hyperbaric oxygen. Heaters (n = 131), charcoal barbecues (n = 93), fires (n = 90), hookahs (n = 78) and combustion engines (n = 37) were the most frequent CO sources identified. Headaches, vertigo, nausea and sy...Continue Reading

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