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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, Who is at risk of carbon monoxide poisoning? Anyone can be affected by carbon monoxide poisoning. However, you are at higher risk if you: ...
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, In someone who has escaped from a fire, both smoke inhalation and carbon monoxide poisoning must be considered, as must hydrogen sulphide poisoning...
Organophosphate Poisoning, Cyanosis is unusual but there may be cherry pink skin (only seen post-mortem in carbon monoxide poisoning). Pupils are dilated or normal with no fasciculat...
Acute Poisoning (Types and Treatment), Carboxyhaemoglobin levels if carbon monoxide poisoning is suspected. Urinalysis - query rhabdomyolysis; save sample for possible toxicologic...
Thallium Poisoning (Symptoms, Treatment, Prognosis), Poliomyelitis . Carbon monoxide poisoning . Organophosphate poisoning. Thiamine deficiency . Diabetic p...
Miscellaneous blast-related injuries include all other injuries caused by explosions, eg due to fire or collapse of buildings, burns, toxic substance exposures ( such as radiation, carbon monoxid...
Associated diseases As well as occurring in strokes, head injuries and developmental disorders, the syndrome has been associated with: Cerebral atrophy Alcoholism Carbon monoxide...
Cheyne-Stokes' breathing: progressively deeper breathing followed by temporary apnoea, which may occur with heart failure, cerebrovascular disease, head injury, carbon monoxide poisoning ...
Cervical spondylosis . Carbon monoxide poisoning . Investigations [ 1 ] These do not generally contribute anything to the diagnosis of TTH.
Primary survey of skin and mucous membranes - any evidence of hyperpigmentation, sepsis, myxoedema, intravenous drug misuse, anaemia, jaundice, purpura, cherry-red discolouration (suggesting carbo...
Hypoxaemia: asphyxiation, respiratory failure, acute anaemia, haemorrhage, carbon monoxide poisoning, methaemoglobinaemia. Type B - tissue hypoxia absent Type B1 - underlying dise...
Examples include: [ 1 ] Carbon monoxide poisoning: Typically, mild headache without gastrointestinal or neurological symptoms with carboxyhaemoglobin levels in the range 10-20%.
Many other conditions may cause fatigue but rarely present with fatigue as the predominant complaint, eg, diabetes mellitus , Addison's disease , chronic kidney disease , liver failure , coel...
Heavy metal poisoning and carbon monoxide poisoning . Investigations A complaint of impaired memory is common and may or may not be pathological.
Toxins: alcohol, mercury, other heavy metals, solvents, carbon monoxide poisoning. Drugs: barbiturates, phenytoin, piperazine, antineoplastic drugs, deferiprone [ 3 ] .
Acute substance use or exposure (including, for example, carbon monoxide poisoning ). Medication-overuse headache : [ 8 ] Headache as an adverse event attributed to chronic medic...
Drug intoxication - eg, acute intoxication with alcohol or drugs; carbon monoxide poisoning; chronic alcohol misuse. Iatrogenic: side-effect of medication - eg, antihypertensives, antidepr...
Drug-induced vertigo, hearing loss, or both. Carbon monoxide poisoning . [ 17 ] Autoimmune inner ear disease. Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (thiamine deficiency).
Be alert to the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning (drowsiness and flu symptoms). When cooking, use the back rings of the cooker; turn the handles of pots and pans inwards on the cooker s...
Dealing with Poisoning, Adapted from the St John Ambulance leaflets: alcohol poisoning , drug poisoning , food poisoning and swallowed poisons . Copyright for ...