Non-invasive CPAP-Ventilation versus Oxygen-therapy using a simple face mask for Carbon Monoxide poisoning

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominik Roth
2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 1718.e5-1718.e6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominik Roth ◽  
Johannes Mayer ◽  
Wolfgang Schreiber ◽  
Harald Herkner ◽  
Anton N. Laggner

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (04) ◽  
pp. 454-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hasan Idil ◽  
Orkun Unek

AbstractOxygen is the main treatment of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. In two simultaneous cases, the efficacy of conventional and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP)-administered oxygen therapy was compared. A 63-year-old man and his 58-year-old wife were brought to the emergency department with complaints of dizziness, headache, and nausea. The man had a history of congestive heart failure and additionally had shortness of breath. Initial carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) values were 26% in the male patient and 24% in his wife. For the female patient, oxygen therapy was performed with a reservoir balloon mask; a CPAP device was used for the male patient. The COHb levels decreased below five percent after approximately two hours in the male patient and at the end of five hours in his wife. In follow-up, symptomatic relief was achieved in both patients and no additional complications were observed. According to our experience, CPAP ventilation can be a new and effective method for oxygen therapy in CO poisoning.


2014 ◽  
Vol 155 (22) ◽  
pp. 871-875
Author(s):  
Edit Gara ◽  
Éva Gesztes ◽  
Richárd Doroszlai ◽  
Gábor Zacher

Recognition of carbon monoxide is difficult due to its plain physical-chemical properties. Carbon and gas operating heating systems may cause severe poisoning. Carbon-monoxide intoxication may generate severe hypoxic damage and it may cause death. The authors present the case of severe carbon monoxide poisoning affecting one young child and five adults, including a pregnant woman. Because the availability of hyperbaric oxygen therapy is limited in Hungary, urgent cesarean section was performed to avoid intrauterine hypoxic damage. The authors note that there are no standardized non-invasive methods for measuring fetal carbon-monoxide level and that the level of carbon monoxide accumulation is higher and the clearance is longer in the fetus than in the mother. The pathophysiology of carbon monoxide intoxication and therapeutic options in pregnancy are discussed. Orv. Hetil., 2014, 155(22), 871–875.


2010 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 845.e5-845.e6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seung Han Lee ◽  
Seung Ryu ◽  
Jin Woong Lee ◽  
Seung Whan Kim ◽  
In Sool Yoo ◽  
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