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Carboxyhemoglobin concentrations in flash fire victims: report of six simultaneous fire fatalities without elevated carboxyhemoglobin.
Am J Clin Pathol. 1977 Sep; 68(3):317-20.AJ

Abstract

Eight people died in a traffic accident involving a tractor-trailer and ten autos. The accident caused a series of flash fires from ruptured gas tanks. Complete autopsies established that six of the victims died exclusively from thermal trauma; none showed an elevated blood carboxyhemoglobin concentration. Flash fire victims are exceptions to the axiom that elevation of blood carboxyhemoglobin is a sine qua non for concluding that a decedent recovered from the scene of a conflagration was alive in the fire.

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Hirsch CS
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Bost RO
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Gerber SR
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Cowan ME
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Adelson L
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Sunshine I
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MeSH

Accidents, TrafficAdultAgedBurnsCarboxyhemoglobinFemaleFiresHemoglobinsHumansMaleMiddle AgedOhioOxyhemoglobinsSmoking

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

Language

eng

PubMed ID

900066

Citation

Hirsch, C S., et al. "Carboxyhemoglobin Concentrations in Flash Fire Victims: Report of Six Simultaneous Fire Fatalities Without Elevated Carboxyhemoglobin." American Journal of Clinical Pathology, vol. 68, no. 3, 1977, pp. 317-20.
Hirsch CS, Bost RO, Gerber SR, et al. Carboxyhemoglobin concentrations in flash fire victims: report of six simultaneous fire fatalities without elevated carboxyhemoglobin. Am J Clin Pathol. 1977;68(3):317-20.
Hirsch, C. S., Bost, R. O., Gerber, S. R., Cowan, M. E., Adelson, L., & Sunshine, I. (1977). Carboxyhemoglobin concentrations in flash fire victims: report of six simultaneous fire fatalities without elevated carboxyhemoglobin. American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 68(3), 317-20.
Hirsch CS, et al. Carboxyhemoglobin Concentrations in Flash Fire Victims: Report of Six Simultaneous Fire Fatalities Without Elevated Carboxyhemoglobin. Am J Clin Pathol. 1977;68(3):317-20. PubMed PMID: 900066.
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