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Intestinal infarction following carbon monoxide poisoning
- Source :
- Postgraduate Medical Journal. 69:302-303
- Publication Year :
- 1993
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 1993.
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Abstract
- Summary A 65 year old patient admitted with carbon monoxide poisoning developed acute pulmonary oedema during treatment with hyperbaric oxygen. After initial recovery he developed extensive intestinal ischaemia which rapidly led to death. It is suggested that intestinal vasoconstriction due to left ventricular failure made the gut much more vulnerable to the hypoxic effects of carbon monoxide than the brain and heart.
- Subjects :
- Male
Carbon monoxide poisoning
business.industry
Poison control
Infarction
Pulmonary Edema
General Medicine
Pulmonary edema
medicine.disease
Intestines
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
Anesthesia
Intestinal infarction
medicine
Humans
medicine.symptom
Complication
business
Vasoconstriction
Aged
Research Article
Carbon monoxide
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14690756 and 00325473
- Volume :
- 69
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Postgraduate Medical Journal
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ff5a77a13d16bd42589576917bdb959d