TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1994//
TI  - Acute carbon monoxide poisoning in children
JO  - Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica
A1  - Lattere, M.
A1  - Raspino, M.
A1  - Vietti Ramus, M.
A1  - Peisino, M. G.
A1  - Renier, S.
A1  - Bet, N.
SP  - 565
EP  - 569
VL  - 16
IS  - 6
N2  - Epidemiological and clinical aspects of 233 children below 14 years of age with acute carbon-monoxide poisoning are presented. Patients were recorded in the retrospective part of the M.S.P.C. (Multicentre Study of Poisoning in Children) at Genova, Torino and Trieste pediatric hospitals during 1975/90. Carbon-monoxide poisoning resulted to be a main toxic risk in children by considering its frequency and the severity of symptoms; three cases of death occurred. In particular, differences between symptoms in small children (under the age of 4 years) and adults are emphasised. This poisoning has to be suspected even in the presence of minor symptoms; the blood carboxyhemoglobin assay confirms the diagnosis and is useful to avoid further exposure.<p />  <p>Language: it</p>
LA  - it
SN  - 0391-5387
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -