An interesting recent case report from Korea illustrating a case of delayed neuropsychiatric sequelae.
South Korea has one of the highest incidences of domestic, unintentional CO poisoning in the world, with a death rate about ten times that in the UK. This is thought to be thanks to the traditional heating methods in some Korean homes, which is to leave a large lump of charcoal smouldering underneath the house overnight.
Tuesday 10 July 2007
CORGI report
Hot off the press (or the pdf converter, anyway) is the latest report from CORGI into CO poisoning.
You can download a copy by clicking here.
You can download a copy by clicking here.
How does CO poison...?
Confused about the toxicology of CO poisoning?
Try this excellent overview from Toxicology in 2003.
Try this excellent overview from Toxicology in 2003.
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