Emergency department management of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning: Role of pulse co-oximetry

Respiratory Care

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1614-1620

  Sebbane, Mustapha ^a   Claret, Pierre Géraud ^c   Mercier, Grégoire ^b   Lefebvre, Sophie ^a   Théry, Richard ^a   Dumont, Richard ^a   Maillé, Michel ^a   Richard, Jean Paul ^a   Eledjam, Jean Jacques ^a   de La Coussaye, Jean Emmanuel ^c  

^a LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Département d'Information Médicale at that institution   (France)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; CO oximetry; CO poisoning; Emergency department; Pulse oximetry; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARBON MONOXIDE GAS ANALYZER; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE OXIMETER; PULSE OXIMETRY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

CARBON MONOXIDE; CO POISONING; CO-OXIMETRY; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; PULSE OXIMETRY; SENSITIVITY; SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884605453     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: 19433654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.02313     Document Type: Article

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