Authors have carried out the special survey and animal experiment on Carbon Monoxide Poisoning which is so frequent, grave and increasing in this country. The investigations were for the incidence and mortality of CO poisoning, and followed CO polluti...
Authors have carried out the special survey and animal experiment on Carbon Monoxide Poisoning which is so frequent, grave and increasing in this country. The investigations were for the incidence and mortality of CO poisoning, and followed CO pollution in living rooms and other different environments as well as blood-HbCO saturation exposed to polluted environments which would be involved chronic CO poisoning. Animal experiments were for recovery and fatality, and change of blood-gas. The results obtained were as following:
1. General pattern of CO poisoning in Korea:
1-1 The briquette, as a source of CO, produced more CO-gas in beginning and burning-out, and less in the full burning.
1-2 The very volume of CO in the full burning exceeded 0.2%
1-3 The incidence and mortality reported by newspapers were over 7(per 100,000 population) and (per 1,000,000 population) which showed highest in the world.
2. The special investigation for the pollution and poisoning of CO in the various environments:
2-1 The pollution rate of CO out of low and poorest class was 28% and 40%