The role of catalytic converters in automobile carbon monoxide poisoning: a case report.

Vossberg, B; Skolnick, J · Chest · 1999

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Inhaling motor vehicle exhaust fumes is a common method used by people attempting to commit suicide; however, the decreased carbon monoxide concentrations found in the exhaust of late-model automobiles equipped with catalytic converters are changing the clinical presentation of exhaust inhalation.

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