Mind the Gap

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-132

  Akhtar, Jawaid ^a,b   Johnston, Bradford D ^b   Krenzelok, Edward P ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon monoxide poisoning; co oximetry; methemoglobinemia; oxygen saturation; oxygen saturation gap

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CHARCOAL; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BREATHING; CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN; SUICIDE;

EID: 34547557460     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2006.11.016     Document Type: Article

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