Non-infarctual ST elevation and acute cardiopulmonary failure in carbon monoxide poisoning: a case report - Longhitano Y, Candelli M, Muir HA, Audo A, Meda S, Dennet Lumb P, Marshall Berger J, Pignataro G, Cicchinelli S, Zanza C, Franceschi F.

OBJECTIVE: Carbon monoxide is produced by the incomplete combustion of organic fuel. In the United States, it is responsible for about 500 deaths annually. Increased carboxyhemoglobin concentration and hypoxia disrupt cardiac myocyte integrity and cause dy...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news