Carbon monoxide and cyanide gas poisoning in fires.

Abstract

Acute poisoning caused by inhalation of carbon monoxide and other toxic substances is the primary cause of death in fires and may occur without signs of external injury. Life-threatening symptoms may arise immediately, as in cyanide poisoning, or over a longer period, as in carbon monoxide poisoning. Severe inhalation injury may also occur independently of systemic poisoning and should always be suspected in patients with soot on their face and in the respiratory tract, or hoarseness and wheezing.

• Authors: Odysseas Papalexiou Økland, Espen Rostrup Nakstad, Helge Opdahl
• Journal: Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke (Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen) Vol. 140 Issue 10 (06 30 2020) ISSN: 0807-7096 [Electronic] Norway
• Vernacular Title: Forgiftning med karbonmonoksid og cyanidgass ved brann.
• PMID: 32602324 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Cyanides
• Carbon Monoxide

Topics

• Carbon Monoxide
• Carbon Monoxide Poisoning (diagnosis, epidemiology)
• Cyanides
• Fires
• Gas Poisoning (diagnosis, epidemiology)
• Humans