Carbon monoxide toxicity with neurological and cardiac complications
Johnson, C.D.
Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico 97(4): 315-322
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-4849 PMID: 16599072 Document Number: 701725
A family suffered carbon monoxide toxicity, with cerebral and / or cardiac complications, while sleeping in the cabin on a recreational boat. This article describes a couple exposed to a malfunctioning air-conditioning system on the boat, which subsequently developed the unique combination of cerebral symptoms and a non Q/non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, with enzyme elevations and electrocardiographic abnormalities. This interesting complication of a myocardial infarction secondary to carbon monoxide toxicity, associated with neurological manifestations, is reviewed.
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