Carbon monoxide poisoning. Immediate diagnosis and treatment are crucial to avoid complications

Am J Nurs. 2006 Mar;106(3):40-6; quiz 46-7. doi: 10.1097/00000446-200603000-00024.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Blood Gas Analysis
  • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / blood
  • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / complications
  • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / diagnosis*
  • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / therapy*
  • Carboxyhemoglobin / chemistry
  • Carboxyhemoglobin / metabolism
  • Chronic Disease
  • Disasters
  • Emergency Treatment / methods*
  • Emergency Treatment / nursing
  • Heart Diseases / etiology
  • Heart Diseases / mortality
  • Humans
  • Hyperbaric Oxygenation
  • Male
  • Nursing Assessment
  • Oximetry
  • Oxygen Inhalation Therapy
  • Patient Education as Topic
  • Respiration, Artificial
  • Risk Factors
  • Spectrophotometry
  • Time Factors
  • Ventilation

Substances

  • Carboxyhemoglobin