TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Carbon monoxide poisoning from indoor barbecues--incidents reported to the German-speaking Poison Information Centers and the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) in Berlin
JO  - Archiv für Kriminologie
A1  - Deters, Michael
A1  - Koch, Ingrid
A1  - Ganzert, Martin
A1  - Hermanns-Clausen, Maren
A1  - Stürer, Andreas
A1  - Hahn, Axel
A1  - Meyer, Heidi
A1  - Szibor, Reinhard
A1  - Ebbecke, Martin
A1  - Heppner, Hans-Jürgen
A1  - Hruby, Karl
A1  - Reinecke, Hans-Jürgen
A1  - Scheer, Mario
A1  - Seidel, Carola
A1  - Hentschel, Helmut
SP  - 102
EP  - 110
VL  - 227
IS  - 3-4
N2  - From 2008 to the end of 2009 the Joint Poison Information Center (PIC) in Erfurt observed 7 incidents involving 17 persons (1 fatality) with signs of carbon monoxide poisoning from indoor barbecues (COFIB). To find out whether COFIB is a regional or a general phenomenon in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, all information about COFIBs recorded by the 11 German-speaking Poison Information Centers and the BfR Berlin were retrospectively analyzed for the period 2000 to 2009. In all, 60 COFIBs (accidental: 90.0 %, suicidal: 8.3%, reason unknown: 1.7%) involving 146 individuals were reported. The number of incidents increased from one case with 2 persons in 2000 to 18 cases involving 34 persons in 2009. The 146 victims (female 26.7%, male 27.4%, gender unknown 45.9%; adults 58.2%, children 24.7%, age unknown 17.1%) lived in 15 of the 16 federal states of Germany and in Switzerland. The highest number of victims was found in Bavaria (23), Brandenburg (18), and Baden-Wuerttemberg (18). The symptoms according to the Poisoning Severity Score were none to mild in 60.3%, moderate in 13.7%, severe in 11.6%, fatal in 6.9% and unratable in 7.5%. No clear correlation was found between the carboxyhemoglobin concentration and the severity of the symptoms. As a rising number of COFIBs often involving several individuals was observed from 2000 to 2009, the general public was informed about the risks of indoor barbecues.<p />  <p>Language: de</p>
LA  - de
SN  - 0003-9225
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -