Carbon Monoxide is a poisonous gas causing debilitating to lethal intoxication by binding hemoglobin and heme-containing proteins throughout the body. Due to its peculiar properties - being colorless and odorless - Carbon Monoxide intoxication is frequently unrecognized. Also, the unspecific symptoms and clinical signs often overlap with several potential other diseases and correlate poorly with carboxyhemoglobin levels. Once diagnosed, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning is treated with normobaric oxygen and, in selected cases, with hyperbaric oxygen.
This topic intends to gather updates on the improvements in Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, especially regarding prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
This topic will evaluate Original Research and High-Quality Reviews focusing on the following fields: prevention (through population education, sensitization of stakeholders, improvement of local and national standards and policies for ambient detection); diagnosis (training of technical and healthcare personnel; prehospital diagnosis; new biomarkers; triage); treatment (normobaric vs. hyperbaric oxygen; early referral; prevention and follow-up of delayed neurologic sequelae).
Carbon Monoxide is a poisonous gas causing debilitating to lethal intoxication by binding hemoglobin and heme-containing proteins throughout the body. Due to its peculiar properties - being colorless and odorless - Carbon Monoxide intoxication is frequently unrecognized. Also, the unspecific symptoms and clinical signs often overlap with several potential other diseases and correlate poorly with carboxyhemoglobin levels. Once diagnosed, Carbon Monoxide Poisoning is treated with normobaric oxygen and, in selected cases, with hyperbaric oxygen.
This topic intends to gather updates on the improvements in Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, especially regarding prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
This topic will evaluate Original Research and High-Quality Reviews focusing on the following fields: prevention (through population education, sensitization of stakeholders, improvement of local and national standards and policies for ambient detection); diagnosis (training of technical and healthcare personnel; prehospital diagnosis; new biomarkers; triage); treatment (normobaric vs. hyperbaric oxygen; early referral; prevention and follow-up of delayed neurologic sequelae).
