Mortality Risks and Causes in Previous Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study*
Main finding · All-cause mortalityResult — go to the resultAdjusted hazard ratio 15.67 95% CI 12.58–19.51Authors' conclusion
Patients with CO poisoning exhibited a heightened risk of all-cause mortality compared with the matched controls. Additionally, the cause-specific mortality risk differed between the groups.
Study context
- Population
- Korean adults with CO poisoning and matched controls, National Health Insurance Service database and National Death Registry, 2002–2020, followed to 2022patients and matched controls
- Participants
- 48,600 adults
- Exposure
- Previous CO poisoning vs matched controls
- Outcome
- All-cause mortality
Methodological detailsnational registry data
- National registry data
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Adjusted hazard ratio
15.67
95% CI 12.58–19.51
CO poisoning vs Control
aHR 15.67 (95% CI 12.58–19.51)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | aHR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|
| Deaths due to external causes, including suicideMatched cohort | 50.07 (30.98–80.90) | |
| 0.050.21520Adjusted hazard ratio (log scale) |
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Original publication
Mortality Risks and Causes in Previous Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study*. Crit Care Med. Published 18 September 2024. doi:10.
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