Noninvasive pulse CO-oximetry expedites evaluation and management of patients with carbon monoxide poisoning.
Noninvasive pulse CO-oximetry expedites evaluation and management of patients with carbon monoxide poisoning.
N. Hampson
2012 · DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2012.03.026
American Journal of Emergency Medicine · 43 citas
TLDR
Pulse CO-oximetry is associated with more rapid diagnosis and initiation of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in CO-poisoned patients compared with laboratory CO-ximetry, and the impact on clinical outcome remains to be determined.