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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Source :
- Critical care clinics. 37(3)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, highly toxic gas primarily produced through the incomplete combustion of organic material. Carbon monoxide binds to hemoglobin and other heme molecules, causing tissue hypoxia and oxidative stress. Symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning can vary from a mild headache to critical illness, which can make diagnosis difficult. When there is concern for possible carbon monoxide poisoning, the diagnosis can be made via blood co-oximetry. The primary treatment for patients with carbon monoxide poisoning is supplemental oxygen, usually delivered via a nonrebreather mask. Hyperbaric oxygen can also be used, but the exact indications are controversial.
- Subjects :
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Combustion
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
0302 clinical medicine
Hyperbaric oxygen
medicine
Humans
Heme
Carbon monoxide poisoning
business.industry
fungi
food and beverages
030208 emergency & critical care medicine
General Medicine
medicine.disease
030228 respiratory system
chemistry
Carboxyhemoglobin
Environmental chemistry
Critical illness
Hemoglobin
business
Carbon monoxide
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15578232
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Critical care clinics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a8f45da9cd040f64c5bdc4ca846ab40c