A carbon monoxide poisoning case due to lung diffusion test.
CO poisoning
Lung diffusion test
Syncope
Journal
The American journal of emergency medicine
ISSN: 1532-8171
Titre abrégé: Am J Emerg Med
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8309942
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 2020
05 2020
Historique:
received:
10
12
2019
accepted:
27
12
2019
pubmed:
9
1
2020
medline:
12
8
2020
entrez:
9
1
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning occurs due to CO gas which is produced by the incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons. Several causes of CO poisoning have been defined in the literature. The most frequent causes are defective heaters, fires and exposure to exhaust gas in closed areas. The lung diffusion test is a method used to detect alveolar membrane diffusion capacity. The standart gas used in the diffusion test is CO. The case is here presented of a patient who was poisoned by CO during a DLCO test. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report defining CO poisoning during a DLCO test and treated at the Emergency Department.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31911059
pii: S0735-6757(19)30879-4
doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2019.12.056
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1047.e1-1047.e2Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest None. All authors declare no financial support.