Carboxyhemoglobin levels in carbon monoxide poisoning: do they correlate with the clinical picture?

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 665-669

  Hampson, Neil B ^a   Hauff, Niels M ^b  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46249121105     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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