RT Book, Section
A1 Dissanayake, Vinodinee L.
A2 Sherman, Scott C.
A2 Weber, Joseph M.
A2 Schindlbeck, Michael A.
A2 Rahul G., Patwari
SR Print(0)
ID 1101225918
T1 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
T2 Clinical Emergency Medicine
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179460-2
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101225918
RD 2024/04/25
AB Consider  carbon  monoxide  (CO)  poisoning  in  all  patients  with  headaches,  flu-like  symptoms,  altered  mental  status,  or  an  unexplained  anion  gap  metabolic  acidosis.Immediately  administer  supplemental  O2  to  all  patients  with  potential  CO  poisoning  before  any  confirmatory  studies.Pulse  oximetry  values  will  be  falsely  elevated  in  patients  with  CO  poisoning  as  a  result  of  the  inability  of  standard  oximetry  to  distinguish  between  oxyhemoglobin  and  carboxyhemoglobin.Symptomatology  is  often  more  important  than  the  absolute  carboxyhemoglobin  level  when  determining  treatment  and  disposition.