Currently, invasive methods are used to measure the hemoglobin concentration and the most hemoglobin-derivatives, whereby blood is taken from the patient and subsequently analyzed. The noninvasive method presented here allows pain free continuous on-line patient monitoring with minimum risk of infection and facilitates real time data monitoring allowing immediate clinical reaction to the measur...

To the editor: I read the interesting study by Weaver et al1 and the accompanying editorial by Wilcox and Richards2 on noninvasive carbon monoxide (CO) detection in the February 2013 issue of RESPIRATORY CARE. I agree wholeheartedly with those authors that CO poisoning is an important public health concern, confounded by nonspecific symptoms that challenge diagnosticians. My experience with non...

Sodium fluorescein is widely used in clinical practice for the study of the retinal circulation by angiography. It has been reported several hemorheological and microvascular abnormalities induced by this compound. The aim of this work was to analyse the hemorheological effects of intravenous sodium fluorescein in an animal model. Twenty male 10-16 weeks-old Wistar rats were used, under systemi...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relation between workplace accidents and the levels of carboxyhemoglobin found in motorcycle taxi drivers. METHOD Correlational, quantitative study involving 111 workers and data obtained in July 2012 through a questionnaire to characterize the participants and blood collection to measure carboxyhemoglobin levels. RESULT 28.8% had suffered workplace accidents; 2...

AIM We aimed to determine the relationship between blood lactate, carboxy-hemoglobin (COHb) levels and the severity of clinical findings in patients with CO poisoning. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients over 18 years old and of both gender who were admitted to Emergency Department with the diagnosis of CO poisoning between 10.02.2008 and 17.03.2011 were enrolled in this study. Detailed physical ex...

INTRODUCTION Carbon monoxide (CO) toxicity is a significant health problem. The use of non-invasive pulse CO-oximetry screening in the emergency department has demonstrated that the rapid screening of numerous individuals for CO toxicity is simple and capable of identifying occult cases of CO toxicity. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to extend the use of this handheld device to the ...

Address for Correspondence: Selçuk Öztürk, Department of Cardiology, Ankara Research and Training Hospital, Ankara, Turkey E-mail: [email protected] ©Copyright 2016 by Emergency Physicians Association of Turkey Available online at www.jemcr.org Introduction Carbon monoxide (CO) is known to be an inodorous, colorless, and non-irritating gas. It is commonly known as the silent killer. Th...

OBJECTIVES Carbon monoxide (CO) exposure does not produce a classical toxidrome and so it is thought that it may easily be missed, allowing patients to continue to be exposed to CO. The aim of this study was to determine the proportion of raised carboxyhaemoglobin (COHb) levels in a targeted population of patients presenting to four emergency departments (EDs) in England. DESIGN A prospective...