@article{ref1,
title="Residential carbon monoxide poisoning from motor vehicles",
journal="American journal of emergency medicine",
year="2011",
author="Hampson, Neil B.",
volume="29",
number="1",
pages="75-77",
abstract="CONTEXT: Although morbidity and mortality from accidental carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning are high in the United States, identification of common but poorly recognized sources should help prevention efforts. OBJECTIVE: The study aimed to describe CO poisoning of home occupants due to a vehicle left running in an attached garage. DESIGN: News stories reporting incidents of US CO poisoning were collected daily from March 2007 to September 2009 via a news.Google.com search and data extracted. PATIENTS: Patients were individuals reported in the media to have been poisoned with CO in their home by a vehicle running in the attached garage. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Main outcome measures were frequency of occurrence, geographic distribution, patient demographics, and mortality. RESULTS: Of 837 CO poisoning incidents reported in US news media over 2 and a half years, 59 (8%) were the result of a vehicle left running in the garage. The elderly were disproportionately affected, with incidents most common in states with larger elderly populations and 29% of cases with age specified occurring in individuals older than 80 years. Among those older than 80 years, 15 of 17 were found dead at the scene. CONCLUSIONS: Residential CO poisoning from a vehicle running in the garage is common, disproportionately affects the elderly, has a high mortality rate, and should be preventable with a residential CO alarm.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0735-6757",
doi="10.1016/j.ajem.2009.09.010",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2009.09.010"
}