Carbon monoxide poisoning: A five-year review at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 611-614

  Handa, Pankaj K ^a   Tai, D Y H ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carboxyhaemoglobin; Complications; Gas Stove; Oxygen; Vehicle

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGITATION; BRAIN INJURY; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMA; CONFUSION; DEMOGRAPHY; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HEADACHE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INTUBATION; LUNG BURN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SINGAPORE;

EID: 33644589981     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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