An unusual suicide by carbon monoxide intoxication: 91% HbCO saturation in a sealed setting

• Main Authors: Davide Ferorelli (Author), Gabriele Mandarelli (Author), Lorenzo Spagnolo (Author), Federica Misceo (Author), Giuseppe Strisciullo (Author), Lorenzo Polo (Author), Biagio Solarino (Author), Alessandro Dell'Erba (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Carbon monoxide (CO) is the most common lethal poison in every community yet studied. Accidental or suicidal CO poisoning has been reported as the most frequent manner of death. In the case we report here, a man was found dead inside his house with a strong smell of burning. The house presented no s...