Victim of carbon monoxide poisoning identified by carbon monoxide oximetry

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 640-642

  Roth, Dominik ^a   Hubmann, Nina ^a   Havel, Christof ^a   Herkner, Harald ^a   Schreiber, Wolfgang ^a   Laggner, Anton ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

blood gas monitoring; carbon monoxide poisoning; pulse oximetry; transcutaneous; triage

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CARBON MONOXIDE OXIMETRY; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; TINNITUS; VOMITING;

CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY;

EID: 79958768914     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: 07364679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.05.017     Document Type: Article

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