Carbon monoxide poisoning associated with Narghile use

Carbon monoxide poisoning associated with Narghile use

The case history is presented of a healthy 25-year-old man who was admitted to hospital after two syncopal episodes caused by carbon monoxide poisoning after smoking narghile. Clinicians should be aware of this association when they evaluate syncope in the emergency department, especially in narghil...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emergency Medicine Journal 2010, Vol.27 (5), p.406
Hauptverfasser: Cavus, Umut Yucel, Rehber, Zehra Hamiyet, Ozeke, Ozcan, Ilkay, Erdogan
Format: Report
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Carbon monoxide
emergency departments
hookah
narghile
nursing
poisoning
toxicology
waterpipe
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Zusammenfassung:The case history is presented of a healthy 25-year-old man who was admitted to hospital after two syncopal episodes caused by carbon monoxide poisoning after smoking narghile. Clinicians should be aware of this association when they evaluate syncope in the emergency department, especially in narghile users.
ISSN:1472-0205
1472-0213
DOI:10.1136/emj.2009.077214