A CASE OF MYOCARDIAL INJURY IN AN INFANT WITH CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
https://doi.org/10.22452/jummec.vol25no1.9
- Author:
Kevin Chuing Shen Wong
1
;
Ahmad Khaldun Ismail
1
;
Nabil Muhammad Al Kuddoos
1
Author Information
1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latiff, Bandar Tun Razak, 56000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Carbon monoxide;
Clinical toxicology;
Emergency;
Paediatric
- MeSH:
Carbon Monoxide
- From:Journal of University of Malaya Medical Centre
2022;25(1):57-60
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Carbon monoxide poisoning is described as “silent killer” because carbon monoxide is an odourless, colourless, tasteless gas and the clinical presentation is non-specific. A two-month-old boy presented with rapid breathing, irritable, and refused to be fed. The symptoms occurred approximately 1 h after waiting with his father in the car with the engine running. The father also presented with symptom of carbon monoxide poisoning. The child had respiratory distress and sinus tachycardia. The child’s carboxyhaemoglobin level was normal, but the father’s level was elevated. Serum lactate and troponin I were raised. He was given 100% normobaric oxygen and was admitted. Subsequently his condition improved and was discharged the next day. Infants are more prone to the effects of carbon monoxide poisoning. When an infant suddenly become unwell, high index of suspicion and detail collaborative history are required so that carbon monoxide poisoning will not be missed out.
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