Forensic medical toxicometry of acute carbon monoxide poisoning during alcoholic intoxication

Data on general toxicity of carbon monoxide (CO) are presented with reference to the gender, age, and the degree of alcoholic intoxication of the affected subjects. Threshold values of carboxyhemoglobinemia for clinical and morphological manifestations of alcoholic intoxication were determined. Expe...

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Published inSudebno-meditsinskaia ekspertiza Vol. 53; no. 1; p. 30
Main Authors Abdukarimov, B A, Iskandarov, A I
Format Journal Article
LanguageRussian
Published Russia (Federation) 01.01.2010
Subjects
Acute Disease
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Alcoholic Intoxication - metabolism
Alcoholic Intoxication - pathology
Carbon Monoxide - pharmacokinetics
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - metabolism
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - pathology
Carboxyhemoglobin - metabolism
Child
Child, Preschool
Ethanol - pharmacokinetics
Female
Forensic Toxicology
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Middle Aged
Pharmacokinetics
Retrospective Studies
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Summary:Data on general toxicity of carbon monoxide (CO) are presented with reference to the gender, age, and the degree of alcoholic intoxication of the affected subjects. Threshold values of carboxyhemoglobinemia for clinical and morphological manifestations of alcoholic intoxication were determined. Expert evaluation of CO toxicokinetics in subjects with alcoholic intoxication revealed informative clinical and morphological signs of carbon monoxide poisoning, the basic parameters of carboxyhemoglobin kinetics, and the sequence of CO-induced clinical and morphological changes during alcoholic intoxication. The data obtained permit to exactly determine the specific cause of death from poisoning with carbon monoxide and ethanol.
ISSN:0039-4521