Interference of the Cyanide Antidote Hydroxocobalamin With Carboxyhemoglobin Measurements Should Not Limit Clinical Use in Suspected or Confirmed Cyanide Poisoning

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 624-625

  Borron, Stephen W ^a   Uhl, Wolfgang ^b   Nolting, Arno ^b   Hostalek, Ulrike ^b   Serono, Merck ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; CYANIDE; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN;

BLOOD SAMPLING; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CYANIDE POISONING; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; CYANIDES; HEMATINICS; HUMANS; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN;

EID: 35348967809     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.05.027     Document Type: Letter

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