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Christopher R. Henry, BS; Daniel Satran, MD; Bruce Lindgren, MS; Cheryl Adkinson, MD; Caren I. Nicholson, RN; Timothy D. Henry, MD

JAMA. 2006;295:398-402.

Context  Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is a common cause of toxicological morbidity and mortality. Myocardial injury is a frequent consequence of moderate to severe CO poisoning. While the in-hospital mortality for these patients is low, the long-term outcome of myocardial injury in this setting is unknown.

Objective  To determine the association between myocardial injury and long-term mortality in patients following moderate to severe CO poisoning.

Design, Setting, and Participants  Prospective cohort study of 230 consecutive adult patients treated for moderate to severe CO poisoning with hyperbaric oxygen and admitted to the Hennepin County Medical Center, a regional center for treatment of CO poisoning, between January 1, 1994, and January 1, 2002. Follow-up was through November 11, 2005.

Main Outcome Measure  All-cause mortality.

Results  Myocardial injury (cardiac troponin I level 0.7 ng/mL or creatine kinase-MB level 5.0 ng/mL and/or diagnostic electrocardiogram changes) occurred in 85 (37%) of 230 patients. At a median follow-up of 7.6 years (range: in-hospital only to 11.8 years), there were 54 deaths (24%). Twelve of those deaths (5%) occurred in the hospital as a result of a combination of burn injury and anoxic brain injury (n = 8) or cardiac arrest and anoxic brain injury (n = 4). Among the 85 patients who sustained myocardial injury from CO poisoning, 32 (38%) eventually died compared with 22 (15%) of 145 patients who did not sustain myocardial injury (adjusted hazard ratio, 2.1; 95% confidence interval, 1.2-3.7; P = .009).

Conclusion  Myocardial injury occurs frequently in patients hospitalized for moderate to severe CO poisoning and is a significant predictor of mortality.

Author Affiliations: Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, Minn (Mr C. Henry and Dr T. Henry); Departments of Internal Medicine (Drs Satran and T. Henry) and Emergency Medicine (Dr Adkinson and Ms Nicholson), Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minn; Department of Medicine, School of Medicine (Drs Satran and T. Henry) and Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health (Mr Lindgren), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; and Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (Mr C. Henry).

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