Author/Editor		Brvar, Miran; Bunc, Matjaž; Ambrožič, Jana; Možina, Martin
Title		Novo neinvazivno diagnosticiranje zastrupitev z ogljikovim monoksidom s pulznim CO-oksimetrom
Translated title		A new noninvasive diagnosing of carbon monoxide poisoning with pulse CO-oximeter
Type		članek
Source		In: Gričar M, Vajd R, editors. Urgentna medicina: izbrana poglavja. Zbornik 13. mednarodni simpozij o urgentni medicini; 2006 jun 14-17; Portorož. Ljubljana: Slovensko združenje za urgentno medicino,
Publication year		2006
Volume		str. 224-6
Language		slo
Abstract		A new eight-wavelength pulse CO-oximeter looks similar to two-wavelength pulse oximeter, but can also noninvasively measure carboxyhaemoglobin levels. The pulse CO-oximeter is useful in all Emergency Departments where many mild and chronic CO exposures are misdiagnosed due tothe inaccessibility and high cost of blood gas analysis. It is also particularly valuable in smaller hospitals, which have no CO-oximetry facilities. Pulse CO-oximeter accurately measure carboxyhemoglobin in the range of 1% to 40% and allows early oxygen therapy. Increased carboxyhaemoglobin levels determined by pulse CO-oximeter should be later confirmed by invasive blood tests analyzed bv blood gas machines with CO-oximetry measurements capability.
Descriptors		CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING OXIMETRY CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN