La Harpe Romano, Shiferaw Kebede, Mangin Patrice, Burkhardt Sandra
Centre Universitaire Romand de Médecine Légale, Genève, Switzerland.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2013 Jun;34(2):119-21. doi: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e31828bb9ef.
Intoxication with carbon dioxide (CO2), a nonexplosive, colorless, and odorless gas does not cause any clinical symptoms or signs, with the occasional exception of sudation. Carbon dioxide is principally used in the food industry (70% of CO2 production), in particular to preserve foods and to carbonate beverages. Most fatalities resulting from CO2 intoxication are accidental and occur either in closed spaces or when dry ice is used in the food industry. In this case report, a 42-year-old male winemaker engineer was found dead, his head inside a wine vat that had been filled with grapes on the previous day and supplemented with dry ice to improve the taste of wine.
二氧化碳（CO₂）中毒，二氧化碳是一种不可燃、无色无味的气体，除偶尔会出汗外，不会引起任何临床症状或体征。二氧化碳主要用于食品工业（占二氧化碳产量的70%），特别是用于保存食品和为饮料添加碳酸。大多数二氧化碳中毒导致的死亡是意外发生的，要么发生在封闭空间，要么发生在食品工业中使用干冰时。在本病例报告中，一名42岁的男性酿酒工程师被发现死亡，他的头在一个前一天装满葡萄并添加了干冰以改善葡萄酒口感的酒桶内。
