Kohlenmonoxidvergiftungen durch Grillen in Innenräumen - Mitteilungen an die deutschsprachigen Giftinformationszentren und das Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung Berlin
Deters M, Koch I, Ganzert M, Hermanns-Clausen M, Stürer A, Hahn A, Meyer H, Szibor R, Ebbecke M, Heppner HJ, Hruby K, Reinecke HJ, Scheer M, Seidel C, Hentsehel H (2011)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2011
Journal
Book Volume: 227
Pages Range: 102-110
Journal Issue: 3-4
Abstract
From 2008 to the end of 2009 the Joint Poison Information Center (PIC) in Erfurt observed 7 incidents involving 17 persons (1 fatality) with signs of carbon monoxide poisoning from indoor barbecues (COFIB). To find out whether COFIB is a regional or a general phenomenon in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, all information about COFIBs recorded by the 11 German-speaking Poison Information Centers and the BfR Berlin were retrospectively analyzed for the period 2000 to 2009. In all, 60 COFIBs (accidental: 90.0 %, suicidal: 8.3 %, reason imknown: 1.7 %) involving 146 individuals were reported. The number of incidents increased from one case with 2 persons in 2000 to 18 cases involving 34 persons in 2009. The 146 victims (female 26.7 %, male 27.4 %, gender unknown 45.9 %; adults 58.2 %, children 24.7 %, age unknown 17.1 %) lived in 15 of the 16 federal states of Germany and in Switzerland. The highest number of victims was found in Bavaria (23), Bran-denburg (18), and Baden-Wuerttemberg (18). The symptoms according to the Poisoning Severity Score were none to mild in 60.3 %, moderate in 13.7 %, severe in 11.6 %, fatal in 6.9 % and unratable in 7.5 %. No clear correlation was found between the carboxy-hemoglobin concentration and the severity of the symptoms. As a rising number of COFIBs often involving several individuals was observed from 2000 to 2009, the general public was informed about the risks of indoor barbecues.
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Involved external institutions
Schweizerische Toxikologische Informationszentrum (STIZ)
Switzerland (CH)
HELIOS Kliniken
Germany (DE)
Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes (UKS)
Germany (DE)
Giftinformationszentrum-Nord
Germany (DE)
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ)
Germany (DE)
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Germany (DE)
Gesundheit Österreich GmbH
Austria (AT)
Klinikum Nürnberg
Germany (DE)
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Germany (DE)
Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (BfR)
Germany (DE)
Giftzentrale Bonn - Informationszentrale gegen Vergiftungen
Germany (DE)
Switzerland (CH)
HELIOS Kliniken
Germany (DE)
Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes (UKS)
Germany (DE)
Giftinformationszentrum-Nord
Germany (DE)
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ)
Germany (DE)
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Germany (DE)
Gesundheit Österreich GmbH
Austria (AT)
Klinikum Nürnberg
Germany (DE)
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Germany (DE)
Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (BfR)
Germany (DE)
Giftzentrale Bonn - Informationszentrale gegen Vergiftungen
Germany (DE)
How to cite
APA:
Deters, M., Koch, I., Ganzert, M., Hermanns-Clausen, M., Stürer, A., Hahn, A.,... Hentsehel, H. (2011). Kohlenmonoxidvergiftungen durch Grillen in Innenräumen - Mitteilungen an die deutschsprachigen Giftinformationszentren und das Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung Berlin. Archiv für Kriminologie, 227(3-4), 102-110.
MLA:
Deters, Michael, et al. "Kohlenmonoxidvergiftungen durch Grillen in Innenräumen - Mitteilungen an die deutschsprachigen Giftinformationszentren und das Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung Berlin." Archiv für Kriminologie 227.3-4 (2011): 102-110.
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