Clinical and laboratory characteristics of unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning due to coal stove in children

To describe predictors for severe carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in children due to coal stove. Patients (n?=?176) were divided into two groups retrospectively: severe and mild-moderate clinical presentation. Forty-two patients received hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy. No patient died. pH?p?=?0.030; OR:1.0211), carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) (p=?0.002; OR:1.0558), and mean platelet volume (MPV) (p?=?0.004; OR:1.4695) were significantly different between the groups. COHb?>?20%, (AUC: 0.691) was comparable to those for pH (AUC: 0.536) and MPV (AUC: 0.639) (p?>?0.05) in ROC analysis. Although COHb, pH and MPV were poor predictors for severe manifestations, performance of MPV was similar to the COHb and pH levels.