04.09.2019 | Der interessante Fall
Carbon monoxide poisoning-induced upper gastrointestinal bleeding
verfasst von:
Assist. Prof. Y. K. Tekin, MD, İ. Korkmaz, E. Demirtaş, B. Günday, G. Tekin
Erschienen in:
Notfall + Rettungsmedizin
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Excerpt
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, and non-irritating gas that is due to the incomplete combustion of carbon-borne fuels [
1]. Cases of CO poisoning are common in Turkey because of social, economic, and climatic reasons. Carbon monoxide is also an important agent in the world of poisoning-related deaths [
2,
3]. Poisoning symptoms are predominant in the cardiovascular, respiratory, and neuropsychiatric systems, whereas the genitourinary and gastrointestinal systems are rarely affected [
4]. Here, we report the case of a patient with upper gastrointestinal bleeding after CO poisoning, which has not been published before in the literature. …