Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 537-548

  Guzman, Jorge A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Carboxyhemoglobin; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELAYED NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYNDROME; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; METABOLIC RATE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORMAL ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; REVIEW; SMOKING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; UNITED STATES;

CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HUMANS; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY;

EID: 84866519936     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: 15578232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2012.07.007     Document Type: Review

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