• Emerg Med J · May 2010

    Case Reports

    Carbon monoxide poisoning associated with narghile use.

    • Umut Yucel Cavus, Zehra Hamiyet Rehber, Ozcan Ozeke, and Erdogan Ilkay.
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, MESA Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
    • Emerg Med J. 2010 May 1;27(5):406.

    AbstractThe case history is presented of a healthy 25-year-old man who was admitted to hospital after two syncopal episodes caused by carbon monoxide poisoning after smoking narghile. Clinicians should be aware of this association when they evaluate syncope in the emergency department, especially in narghile users.

      Pubmed     Full text   Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        

    hide…