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Carboxyhemoglobin
Aka: Carboxyhemoglobin
- Pharmacokinetics: Carbon Monoxide half-life
- Room air
- Carbon Monoxide Half-Life: 320 min
- Non-rebreather at 100% FIO2
- Carbon Monoxide Half-Life: 80 min
- Hyperbaric oxygen at 3 Atmospheres
- Carbon Monoxide Half-Life: 23 min
- Causes: Increased
- See Carbon Monoxide for sources
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
- Smoke Inhalation
- Findings: Carboxyhemoglobin level
- Carboxyhemoglobin: 10%
- Frontal Headache
- Carboxyhemoglobin: 20%
- Throbbing Headache
- Dyspnea on exertion
- Carboxyhemoglobin: 30%
- Impaired judgment
- Nausea or Vomiting
- Dizziness
- Visual disturbance
- Fatigue
- Carboxyhemoglobin: 40%
- Confusion
- Syncope
- Carboxyhemoglobin: 50%
- Coma
- Seizures
- Carboxyhemoglobin: 60%
- Hypotension
- Respiratory Failure
- Carboxyhemoglobin: 70%
- Death
- References
- Rothrock (2009) Adult Emergency Pocketbook, Tarascon, p. 170