Does decreased diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide constitute a risk of decompression sickness in occupational divers? - Lodd é B, Giroux-Metges MA, Galinat H, Kerspern H, Pougnet R, Saliou P, Guerrero F, Lafère P.
Long-term alterations of pulmonary function (mainly decreased airway conductance and capacity of the lungs to diffuse carbon monoxide (DLCO)) have been described after hyperbaric exposures. However, whether these alterations convey a higher risk for divers... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 14, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Drowning, Suffocation Source Type: news
Urgent warning over 'deadly' carbon monoxide alarms sold on the likes of Amazon and eBay for as little as £5 as Which? shames 5 products - so do YOU have one of them?
They are the devices that British families trust to alarm them of danger. But an urgent warning has been issued over 'deadly' carbon monoxide (CO) alarms flogged online for as little as £5. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Carbon monoxide poisoning mortality in the United States from 2015-2021 - Hampson NB.
This study sought to describe mortality in the United States from carbon monoxide po... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
Cascading effects of disaster-related CO exposures during pregnancy - Dodd-Butera T, Li H, Beaman M, DerMovsesian M, Pritty MB, Clark RF, Chambers CD.
Disaster-related carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning can occur in the event of extended power loss and subsequent use of makeshift heating and cooking elements in poorly ventilated spaces. The maternal-fetal dyad represents populations highly vulnerable to disa... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Acute respiratory failure of unknown etiology after charcoal-burning suicide attempt: suspected hypersensitivity pneumonitis - Kuwahara M, Otagaki H, Imanaka H.
We report a case of a 25-year-old man who presented to the emergency department with respiratory distress after attempting suicide using burning charcoal briquettes. Charcoal briquette suicide is a method of suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning through inh... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Carbon monoxide poisoning following a ban on household use of raw coal, Mongolia - Sambuu T, Gunsmaa G, Badarch TU, Mukhtar Y, Ichikawa M.
OBJECTIVE: To examine trends in the incidence of carbon monoxide poisoning before and after a ban on domestic use of raw coal in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. METHODS: Using injury surveillance data and population estimates, we calculated the incidence pe... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Wood Smoke Continues to Make Women Sick in El Salvador
Cecilia Menjivar, a tortilla maker in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador, takes a break from cooking corn in a pot that is one meter high and 50 centimeters in diameter, heated by a wood stove. Many women in urban and rural areas run these small businesses, aware of the damage to their health caused by the smoke, but the economic situation forces them to use firewood, which is much cheaper than liquefied gas. CREDIT: Edgardo Ayala / IPSBy Edgardo AyalaSAN LUIS LA HERRADURA, El Salvador , Jul 4 2023 (IPS) Using a few dry sticks as fuel, Margarita Ramos of El Salvador lit the fire in her wood stove and set about frying...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 4, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Edgardo Ayala Tags: Active Citizens Civil Society Climate Change Development & Aid Editors' Choice Energy Environment Featured Food and Agriculture Gender Headlines Health Latin America & the Caribbean Population Poverty & SDGs Regional Categori Source Type: news
Atrial fibrillation and silent coronary spasm complicating severe carbon monoxide poisoning - ElBelihy OE, Gebril A, Abd Alhaleem AE, Ibrahim TE, Osman AB, Al Masalmeh HA.
Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is a toxicological emergency and may be responsible for more than half of all fatal poisonings worldwide. Serious effects of CO are frequently seen in the brain and heart as well as other organs that are particularly sensitiv... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 17, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
What are the warning signs of carbon monoxide poisoning
An invisible killer, Carbon monoxide is lurking in American homes and businesses and will send more than 100,000 people to emergency departments across the country this year. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Carbon monoxide awareness and detector use in the state of Wisconsin - Gordon BS, Malecki KMC, Camponeschi J, LeCaire TJ, Creswell PD, Schultz AA.
This study assessed awareness of CO poisoning risk, detector laws, and detec... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Hurricane Season Starts June 1. Protect Your Family From Carbon Monoxide Dangers
MONDAY, May 22, 2023 -- The Atlantic hurricane season in the United States starts June 1, and some dangers might not be immediately obvious: carbon monoxide poisoning, fires and electric shock. “Hurricanes and major storms in the U.S. have... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 22, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Acute carbon monoxide poisoning as a cause of rhabdomyolysis in a case of flame burn - Al Khaldi T, Gulreez R, Abdelhamid MM, Louri N.
Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning typically occurs from inhalation of CO at excessive levels. Rhabdomyolsis is not an uncommon complication following acute CO poisoning, yet there are very few reported cases in the literature. It is characterised by rapid bre... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 22, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Carbon monoxide poisoning cases in the emergency department are increasing in the last decade in Jerusalem - Gershinsky Y, Unger S, Salameh S.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The aim of our study was to describe the epidemiology of Carbon monoxide poisoning in the Emergency Department. METHODS: A retrospective descriptive analysis of patients with Carbon monoxide poisoning who were presented to the ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Atypical presentation of carbon monoxide poisoning with aphasia - Shimp G, Fratczak A, Nielson JA, Perry R.
We present a patient with carbon monoxide poisoning with a single focal neurological deficit. The patient was found by emergency medical services (EMS) to be resting in his truck with a generator running nearby. On arrival, the patient was hemodynamically ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 11, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Poisoning Source Type: news
Air Products to build two new carbon monoxide plants in Texas
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Source: Reuters: Health - May 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
