Falsely low carboxyhemoglobin level after hydroxocobalamin therapy

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1270-1271

  Livshits, Zhanna ^a   Lugassy, Daniel M ^a   Shawn, Lauren K ^a   Hoffman, Robert S ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN;

ADULT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DEFIBRILLATION; DRUG EFFECT; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; LETTER; MALE; OXIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84866761546     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1114820     Document Type: Letter

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