carboxyhemoglobin

S. O'BRIEN: Yes, he seemed to say that that was reversing, that -- what he called the carboxyhemoglobin, I guess the measure of the carbon monoxide in the blood.

CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2006 2006

A carboxyhemoglobin level confirmed his suspicions.

Carbon Monoxide 2010

Acute effects are due to the formation of carboxyhemoglobin in the blood, which inhibits oxygen intake.

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Acute effects are due to the formation of carboxyhemoglobin in the blood, which inhibits oxygen intake.

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And so unless you can detect their carboxyhemoglobin levels -- and when you put the sat -- the oxygen saturation monitor on their finger, it's false.

CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2006 2006

ROBERTS: Commonly done with high levels of carboxyhemoglobin or carbon monoxide.

CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2006 2006

It wasn't a significant amount of carboxyhemoglobin.

CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2006 2006

So you really have to be able to run the blood and check for carboxyhemoglobin.

CNN Transcript Jan 4, 2006 2006

Still, it's important to remember that, whatever readout these CO-oximeters show, the level of carboxyhemoglobin does not always correlate with severity of symptoms or neuropsychiatric sequelae.

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And, just like the pulse-ox's SpO2 readout is just a proxy for oxyhemoglobin content, an output of carboxyhemoglobin in grams per dL is more reproducible and medically significant than a percentage full disclosure: I've worked with one of these authors, he's the same one who punctured the myth that nail polish tarnishes pulse oximetry readings.

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