Gürkan ALTUNTAŞ, Ali AYGÜN, Murat Mümin YAZICI, Melih İMAMOĞLU, Selim YURTSEVER, Özlem BİLİR

A Rare Cause of Carbon Monoxide Intoxication: Hookah

Carbon monoxide is a gas formed by partial combustion of carbon containing fuels and leads to intoxication with various non-specific clinical findings. Although hookah is a common way of tobacco consumption among people living in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, it has become popular in European countries and United States of America (USA). In our country, hookah smoking is especially common among young people and more common in cafes. In our case report, two cases with carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning findings after smoking hookah. In both cases, non-specific clinical findings were observed after hookah smoking and blood carboxyhemoglobin fraction (FCOHb) levels were higher than normal values in laboratory parameters.

Keywords:

Carbon monoxide, Hookah, Intoxication,

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Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 4 Sayı
Başlangıç: 2015
Yayıncı: Ordu Üniversitesi

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