Citation

Jones SJ, Horton A, Brunt H, Shankar G. BMJ 2019; 366: l4613.

Affiliation

Health Protection Team, Public Health Wales, Capital Quarter 2, Cardiff CF10 4DZ, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/bmj.l4613

PMID

31307998

Abstract

By improving clinical awareness of the signs, symptoms, causes, and treatment of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning,1 we can reduce this avoidable burden on health and health services.

CO poisoning is under-reported and under-recorded.2 In Wales, there were 1052 hospital admissions related to CO (ICD10 codes T58 and X47), requiring 5084 bed days, between 2005 and 2017. At 2013-14 estimates of £1542 (€1716; $1924) for …

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