TY - JOUR PY - 1989// TI - Acute carbon monoxide poisoning: emergency management and hyperbaric oxygen therapy JO - Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association A1 - Severance, H. W. A1 - Kolb, J. C. A1 - Carlton, F. B. A1 - Jorden, R. C. SP - 321 EP - 325 VL - 30 IS - 10 N2 - 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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