Case of carbon monoxide poisoning after smoking shisha

International Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 121-122

  Lim, Beng Leong ^a   Lim, Ghee Hian ^a   Seow, Eillyne ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Shisha

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; AMBIENT AIR; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD PH; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CAPILLARY BLOOD; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CASE REPORT; CATERING SERVICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN STUDENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEAD INJURY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MALE; MEAL; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ORIENTATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; OXYGEN MASK; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PULSE OXIMETRY; PULSE RATE; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; SAUDI ARABIA; SHISHA; SINGAPORE; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TUBE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 77953477008     PISSN: 18651372     EISSN: 18651380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12245-009-0097-8     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. World Health Organization (2006) Tobacco use in shisha: studies on waterpipe smoking in Egypt". Tobacco Control. WHO Tobacco Control Papers. Paper SHISHA. Jan 1
2. Varon J, Marik PE (1997) Carbon monoxide poisoning. Int J Emerg Intens Care Med 1(2)
3. Weaver LK, Howe S, Hopkins R et al (2000) Carboxyhemoglobin half-life in carbon monoxide-poisoned patients treated with 100% oxygen at atmospheric pressure. Chest 117:801-808
4. World Health Organisation (2006) The health hazards of smoking shisha
5. Salem ES, Abdel Hakim M, Hanafi A (1973) Gouza versus cigarette smoking among patients with pulmonary disease. Egypt J Chest Dis Tuberc 16(2):9