Citation

Severance HW, Kolb JC, Carlton FB, Jorden RC. J. Miss. State Med. Assoc. 1989; 30(10): 321-325.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, Mississippi State Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2677388

Abstract

An ice storm in February 1989 resulted in numerous incidences of carbon monoxide poisoning in central Mississippi secondary to exposure to open fires in unventilated living spaces. Sixteen cases were treated during this period at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and 6 received Hyperbaric Oxygen therapy. These 6 cases and the mechanisms of CO poisoning are discussed and recommendations for emergency management are reviewed.

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