Finding needles in a haystack: A case series of carbon monoxide poisoning detected using new technology in the emergency department

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 461-469

  Chee, Kerlen J ^a,b   Nilson, Douglas ^a,b   Partridge, Robert ^a,b   Hughes, Ashley ^a   Suner, Selim ^a,b   Sucov, Andrew ^a,b   Jay, Gregory ^a,b  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Hyperbaric oxygen therapy; Poisoning; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INTOXICATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PULSE OXIMETER; VITAL SIGN;

ADULT; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 45849084667     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650701725110     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. CDC. Unintentional non-fire-related carbon monoxide exposures-United States, 2001-2003. MMWR 2005; 54:36-39.
2. Weaver LK, Hopkins RO, Chan KJ, Churchill S, Elliott CG, Clemmer TP, Orme JF, Thomas FO, Morris AH. Hyperbaric oxygen for acute carbon monoxide poisoning. The New England Journal of Medicine 2002; 347(14):1057-1067.
3. Hampson NB. Trends in the incidence of carbon monoxide poisoning in the United States. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine 2005; 23:838-841.
4. Ghim M, Severance HW. Ice storm-related carbon monoxide poisonings in North Carolina: A reminder. Southern Medical Journal 2004; 97(11):1060-1065.
5. CDC. Carbon monoxide poisoning after Hurricane Katrina- Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, August-September 2005. MMWR 2005; 54: 996-998.
6. Kao LW, Nanagas KA. Carbon monoxide poisoning. Medical Clinics of North America 2005; 89:1161-1194.
7. Raub JA, Mathieu-Nolf M, Hampson NB, Thom SR. Carbon monoxide poisoning- a public health perspective. Toxicology 2000; 145(1):1-14.
8. Hampson NB, Scott KL, Zmaeff JL. Carboxyhemoglobin measurement by hospitals: Implications for the diagnosis of carbon monoxide poisoning. Journal of Emergency Medicine 2006; 31(1):13-16.
9. Cunnington AJ, Hormbrey P. Breath analysis to detect recent exposure to carbon monoxide. Postgrad Medical Journal 2002; 78:233-238.
10. Barker SJ, Curry J, Redford D, Morgan S. Measurement of carboxyhemoglobin and methemoglobin by pulse oximetry. Anesthesiology 2006; 105:892-897.
11. Mottram C, Hanson LJ, Scanlon PD. Comparison of the Masimo Rad 57 pulse oximeter with SpCO technology against a laboratory CO-oximeter using arterial blood. Respiratory Care 2005; 50(11):1471.