Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Health Article
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Parental concerns
Parents should not allow children to play in areas heated by kerosene space heaters or to use charcoal grills of any kind indoors.
KEY TERMS
Carboxyhemoglobin—Hemoglobin that is bound to carbon monoxide instead of oxygen.
Hemoglobin—An iron-containing pigment of red blood cells composed of four amino acid chains (alpha, beta, gamma, delta) that delivers oxygen from the lungs to the cells of the body and carries carbon dioxide from the cells to the lungs.
Hypothermia—A serious condition in which body temperature falls below 95°F (35 °C). It is usually caused by prolonged exposure to the cold. pH—A measurement of the acidity or alkalinity of a solution. Based on a scale of 14, a pH of 7.0 is neutral. A pH below 7.0 is an acid; the lower the number, the stronger the acid. A pH above 7.0 is a base; the higher the number, the stronger the base. Blood pH is slightly alkaline (basic) with a normal range of 7.36–7.44.
BOOKS
Braunwald, Eugene, et al, eds. "Hypoxia and Cyanosis." In Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 15th ed. New York: McGraw Hill, 2001, pp. 214–6.
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: A Medical Dictionary, Bibliography, and Annotated Research Guide to Internet References. San Diego, CA: Icon Health Publications, 2004.
Penney, David G. Carbon Monoxide Toxicity. Lakeland, FL: CRC Press, 2000.
Robertson, William O. "Chronic Poisoning: Trace Metals and Others." In Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 22nd ed. Edited by Lee Goldman, et al. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2003, pp. 91–9.
PERIODICALS
Harper A., and J. Croft-Baker. "Carbon monoxide poisoning: undetected by both patients and their doctors." Age and Ageing 33, no. 2 (2004): 105–9.
Huffman, S. M. "Exposure to carbon monoxide from material handling equipment." Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 1, no. 5 (2004): D54–6.
Piantadosi C. A. "Carbon monoxide poisoning." Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine 31, no. 1 (2004): 167–77.
Thomassen, O., G. Brattebo, M. Rostrup. "Carbon monoxide poisoning while using a small cooking stove in a tent." American Journal of Emergency Medicine 22, no. 3 (2004): 204–6.
Vacchiano, G., and R. Torino. "Carbon-monoxide poisoning, behavioral changes and suicide: an unusual industrial accident." Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine 8, no. 2 (2004): 86–92.
ORGANIZATIONS
American Academy of Clinical Toxicology. 777 East Park Drive, PO Box 8820, Harrisburg, PA 17105–8820. Web site: <www.clintox.org/index.html>.
American Academy of Emergency Medicine. 611 East Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53202. Web site: <www.aaem.org/>.
American Academy of Family Physicians. 11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Leawood, KS 66211–2672. Web site: <www.aafp.org/>.
American Academy of Pediatrics. 141 Northwest Point Boulevard, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007–1098. Web site: <www.aap.org/default.htm>.
American Association of Poison Control Centers. 3201 New Mexico Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016. Web site: <www.aapcc.org/>.
American College of Emergency Physicians. PO Box 619911, Dallas, TX 75261–9911. Web site: <www.acep.org/>.
American College of Hyperbaric Medicine. PO Box 25914–130, Houston, Texas 77265. Web site: <www.hyperbaricmedicine.org/>.
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 55 West Seegers Road, Arlington Heights, IL 60005. Web site: <www.acoem.org/>.
American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians. 142 E. Ontario Street, Suite 550, Chicago, IL 60611. Web site: <www.acoep.org/>.
International Congress on Hyperbaric Medicine. 1592 Union Street, San Francisco, CA 94123. Web site: <www.ichm.net/>.
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society. 10531 Metropolitan Ave, Kensington, MD 20895. Web site: <www.uhms.org/>.
WEB SITES
"A Guide to Prevent Carbon Monoxide Poisoning." Industry Trade Group. Available online at <www.carbonmonoxide-poisoning.com/> (accessed November 2, 2004).
"Carbon Monoxide Poisoning." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Available online at <www.cdc.gov/nceh/airpollution/carbonmonoxide/default.htm> (accessed November 2, 2004).
"Carbon Monoxide Poisoning." National Library of Medicine. Available online at <www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/carbonmonoxidepoisoning.html> (accessed November 2, 2004).
OTHER
Carbon Monoxide Headquarters. Wayne State University School of Medicine. <www.phymac.med.wayne.edu/FacultyProfile/penney/COHQ/co1.htm> (accessed November 2, 2004).
L. Fleming Fallon Jr., MD, DrPH
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Author Info: L. Fleming Fallon Jr., MD, DrPH, Thomson Gale, Gale, Detroit, Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health, 2006 |
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