TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - An unusual case of carbon monoxide poisoning from formic and sulfuric acid mixture
JO  - Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine
A1  - Ershad, Muhammed
A1  - Melisiotis, Athanasios
A1  - Gaskill, Zachary
A1  - Kelly, Matthew
A1  - Hamilton, Richard
SP  - 51
EP  - 54
VL  - 4
IS  - 1
N2  - Formic acid, when combined with sulfuric acid, gets dehydrated to form carbon monoxide (CO). A 27-year-old female was found unconscious inside a car, next to a container with a mixture of sulfuric acid and formic acid. Concentrations of up to 400 parts per million of CO were measured inside the car post ventilation. Serum carboxyhemoglobin level was 15% after receiving 100% oxygen for two hours. The patient received hyperbaric oxygen therapy after which she was extubated with normal mental status. On follow-up after three months, she demonstrated neurocognitive abnormalities suggestive of delayed neurological sequelae from CO exposure.<br><br>Copyright: © 2020 Ershad et al.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2474-252X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.10.44265
ID  - ref1
ER  -