Carbon monoxide toxicity

Introduction: Carbon monoxide toxicity

Description of Carbon monoxide toxicity

Carbon monoxide toxicity: Carbon monoxide (CO). A poisonous colorless, odorless, tasteless gas. It combines with hemoglobin to form carboxyhemoglobin, which has no oxygen carrying capacity. The resultant oxygen deprivation causes headache, dizziness, decreased pulse and respiratory rates, unconsciousness, and death. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)
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Carbon monoxide toxicity: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Carbon monoxide toxicity:

• Carbon monoxide
• Carbon
• Monoxide
• Toxicity

Terms associated with Carbon monoxide toxicity:

Terms Similar to Carbon monoxide toxicity:

• Carbon monoxide poisoning

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External links related to: Carbon monoxide toxicity

• Hyperbaric oxygen for carbon monoxide poisoning (Cochrane Review)
• eMedicine - Toxicity, Carbon Monoxide : Article by Michael Lucchesi, MD
• eMedicine - Toxicity, Carbon Monoxide : Article by Guy Shochat, MD

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