Citation

Clarke SF, Stephens C, Farhan M, Ward P, Keshishian C, Murray V, Zenner D. Prehosp. Disaster Med. 2012; 27(6): 612-614.

Affiliation

1 Emergency Department, Frimley Park NHS Foundation Trust, Camberley, Surrey, United Kingdom.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/S1049023X12001227

PMID

23174041

Abstract

This case report describes carbon monoxide toxicity from prolonged shisha (water-pipe) smoking. The evidence base for the source and pathway of toxicity is discussed. This practice has been increasing in the UK in recent years, and emergency physicians need to be aware of the high levels of CO, with the consequent risk of clinical poisoning from water-pipe smoking. Clarke SFJ , Stephens C , Farhan M , Ward P , Keshishian C , Murray V , Zenner D . Multiple patients with carbon monoxide toxicity from water-pipe smoking. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2012;27(6):1-3.

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