reviewNew England Journal of MedicineMar 18, 2009Closed access

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

LDS Hospital · University of Utah Hospital

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Abstract

A 39-year-old female executive has a several-month history of fatigue, headache, and memory lapse. During a period of feeling worse than usual, she called a friend, who arrived at the residence to find the woman semicomatose and called 911. The patient was given supplemental oxygen and transported to the emergency department, where she is alert and has nonfocal findings on examination. Her carboxyhemoglobin level is 18%. How should she be treated? What is her expected outcome?

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Topics & keywords

Keywords
  • Carbon monoxide poisoning
  • Carboxyhemoglobin
  • Medicine
  • Feeling
  • Emergency department
  • CO poisoning
  • Medical emergency
  • Poison control
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