Indoor and Built Environment

 

Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here to register and gain free access

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Fabrea, M.
Right arrow Articles by Cathala, B.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?
Indoor and Built Environment, Vol. 8, No. 3, 176-178 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X9900800308

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in the Midi-Pyrénées

M. Fabrea

Centre antipoisons, Centre de Toxicovigilance du Sud-Ouest

C. Cabota

Centre antipoisons, Centre de Toxicovigilance du Sud-Ouest

J.L. Ducassé

Service accueil urgences, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse, France

Ch. Virenque

Service de Réanimation Adultes et Caisse Hyperbare, CHU Purpan

B. Cathala

Service de Réanimation Adultes et Caisse Hyperbare, CHU Purpan

Systematic enquiries are now made about every case of CO poisoning in the Midi-Pyrénées. The present study aims to amass more cases and to start more technical enquiries. Eventually it is hoped to develop a regional hospital surveillance system in co-operation with the hyperbaric oxygen centre. Over the 2 years from Sep tember 1993 to September 1995 there were 283 cases of CO poisoning in the Midi-Pyrénées region which re sulted in 222 hospitalisations. Analysis of the cases showed that poisoning by CO was most often acute, acci dental, involved a group of people and generally oc curred by pollution of the domestic environment. The most frequent reason was lack of ventilation which was found in 33.3% of cases. Water heaters and boilers were responsible in 46.6% of cases and water heaters alone were responsible for 22% of cases. Poisonings most often occurred in the winter period when there was greater use of heating. An awareness of the importance of safety and the necessity to take preventive action to avoid such poisoning has led to the creation of'Qualigaz' in 1992. This organisation can carry out 'safety checks' on new installations and diagnostic work on the safety of existing installations.

Key Words: CO poisoning • Incidence • Severity • Causes


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?