[Carbon monoxide and cyanide gas poisoning in fires]

Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2020 Jun 29;140(10). doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.19.0748. Print 2020 Jun 30.
[Article in Norwegian]

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.

MeSH terms

  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning* / diagnosis
  • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning* / epidemiology
  • Cyanides
  • Fires*
  • Gas Poisoning* / diagnosis
  • Gas Poisoning* / epidemiology
  • Humans

Substances

  • Cyanides
  • Carbon Monoxide