The relationship between exposure duration,carboxyhemoglobin, blood glucose,pyruvate and lactate and the severity of intoxication in 39 cases of acute carbon monoxide poisoning in man |
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Authors: | Jerzy A Sokal Ewa Kralkowska |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Toxicity Evaluation, Institute of Occupational Medicine in Textile and Chemical Industries, P. O. Box 199, 90-950 ód,ul. Teresy 8, Poland;(2) Clinical Toxicology Center, Institute of Occupational Medicine in Textile and Chemical Industries, P.O. Box 199, 90-950 ód,ul. Teresy 8, Poland |
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Abstract: | The relationship between exposure duration, COHb, blood glucose, pyruvate and lactate and the severity of intoxication was investigated in a group of 39 cases of acute CO poisoning treated in the Clinical Toxicology Center in ód, Poland.On the basis of clinical criteria the patients were classified into cases of mild, moderate, severe and very severe CO poisoning. COHb and carbohydrate metabolites were estimated in venous blood taken immediately after admission of the patient to hospital prior to treatment.The severity of intoxication did not correlate with blood COHb; variation in exposure duration seems to be responsible for this phenomenon. Severe and very severe poisonings were associated with longer exposures and were accompanied by a markedly higher blood lactate level, compared to mild and moderate cases. Blood pyruvate depended less than lactate on the severity of intoxication. Blood glucose depended neither on exposure duration nor on the severity of intoxication.Among the carbohydrate metabolic parameters studied, blood lactate determination can be helpful in the evaluation of the severity of CO poisoning in man. |
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Keywords: | Carbon monoxide Acute poisoning Severity of poisoning Carboxyhemoglobin Carbohydrate metabolites |
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