What is Carbon monoxide poisoning?

What is Carbon monoxide poisoning?

• Carbon monoxide poisoning: Poisoning from breathing air with too much carbon monoxide, usually from combustion.
• Carbon monoxide poisoning: Carbon monoxide (CO). A poisonous colorless, odorless, tasteless gas. It combines with hemoglobin to form carboxyhemoglobin, which has no oxygen carrying capacity. The resultant oxygen deprivation causes headache, dizziness, decreased pulse and respiratory rates, unconsciousness, and death. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)
  Source - Diseases Database
• Carbon monoxide poisoning: a toxic condition that results from inhaling and absorbing carbon monoxide gas; "carbon monoxide combines with hemoglobin and displaces oxygen in the blood".
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Carbon monoxide poisoning: Introduction

Types of Carbon monoxide poisoning:

Types of Carbon monoxide poisoning:

• Acute CO poisoning
• Chronic CO poisoning
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Broader types of Carbon monoxide poisoning:

• Poisoning
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How many people get Carbon monoxide poisoning?

Incidence (annual) of Carbon monoxide poisoning: 25,000 annual cases of home exposure in the UK
Incidence Rate of Carbon monoxide poisoning: approx 1 in 2,400 or 0.04% or 113,333 people in USA [about data]

How serious is Carbon monoxide poisoning?

Complications of Carbon monoxide poisoning: see complications of Carbon monoxide poisoning
Deaths for Carbon monoxide poisoning: 0.5 per 100,000 with 150 cases of "self-inflicted" carbon monoxide poisoning other than motor vehicle exhaust deaths in Canada 1997¹

What causes Carbon monoxide poisoning?

Causes of Carbon monoxide poisoning: see causes of Carbon monoxide poisoning
Cause of Carbon monoxide poisoning: CO can occur from car exhausts, boats, or gas heaters in poorly ventilated areas.
Risk factors for Carbon monoxide poisoning: see risk factors for Carbon monoxide poisoning

What are the symptoms of Carbon monoxide poisoning?

Symptoms of Carbon monoxide poisoning: see symptoms of Carbon monoxide poisoning

Complications of Carbon monoxide poisoning: see complications of Carbon monoxide poisoning

Carbon monoxide poisoning: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Carbon monoxide poisoning.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Carbon monoxide poisoning.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Carbon monoxide poisoning: see treatments for Carbon monoxide poisoning
Prevention of Carbon monoxide poisoning: see prevention of Carbon monoxide poisoning
Research for Carbon monoxide poisoning: see research for Carbon monoxide poisoning

Society issues for Carbon monoxide poisoning

Hospitalization statistics for Carbon monoxide poisoning: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Carbon monoxide poisoning:

• 0.004% (534) of hospital consultant episodes were for toxic effect of carbon monoxide in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 88% of hospital consultant episodes for toxic effect of carbon monoxide required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 67% of hospital consultant episodes for toxic effect of carbon monoxide were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 33% of hospital consultant episodes for toxic effect of carbon monoxide were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 94% of hospital consultant episodes for toxic effect of carbon monoxide required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 2.6 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for toxic effect of carbon monoxide in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for toxic effect of carbon monoxide in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Name and Aliases of Carbon monoxide poisoning

Main name of condition: Carbon monoxide poisoning

CO poisoning

Carbon monoxide toxicity Source - Diseases Database

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