Pitfalls in diagnosis and management of carbon monoxide poisoning

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 62-63

  Roy, B ^a   Crawford, R ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide poisoning; Diagnosis; Hyperbaric oxygen; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN;

EID: 0030058245     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.13.1.62     Document Type: Article

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