New England Journal of Medicine · 1955 · 41 citations · 1 references
PharmacyObstetricsToxicologyDevelopmental ToxicologyMaternal-fetal MedicineObstetric ComplicationsCarbon MonoxideCarbon Monoxide PoisoningCarbon Monoxide ToxicologyPregnancyPrenatal DevelopmentPrenatal ToxicologyCarbon Monoxide IntoxicationFetal Carbon Monoxide PoisoningFetal Carbon Monoxide ToxicityFetal Developmental ToxicityIntrauterine Fetal DeathMaternal-fetal ToxicityPregnancy-related Carbon Monoxide Exposure
ALTHOUGH carbon monoxide poisoning in pregnant women was reported in 1859, very little has been written about the effects of carbon monoxide on the fetus in utero. In that year Breslau1 described carbon monoxide intoxication in 2 pregnant women from illuminating gas in a Zürich hospital. Both mothers survived. One was delivered of an apparently normal child, and the other had a stillborn, full-term fetus twenty-four hours after the carbon monoxide intoxication. In the latter case fetal movements had been observed before entry into the hospital, but no heart sounds could be elicited after the accident. Autopsy of the infant . . .
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