RT Book, Section
A1 Smollin, Craig
A1 Olson, Kent R.
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1166176397
T1 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2020
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260455281
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166176397
RD 2021/04/15
AB Carbon  monoxide  is  a  colorless,  odorless  gas  produced  by  the  combustion  of  carbon-containing  materials.  Poisoning  may  occur  as  a  result  of  suicidal  or  accidental  exposure  to  automobile  exhaust,  smoke  inhalation  in  a  fire,  or  accidental  exposure  to  an  improperly  vented  gas  heater,  generator,  or  other  appliance.  Carbon  monoxide  can  be  generated  during  degradation  of  some  anesthetic  gases  by  carbon  dioxide  adsorbents.  Carbon  monoxide  avidly  binds  to  hemoglobin,  with  an  affinity  approximately  250  times  that  of  oxygen.  This  results  in  reduced  oxygen-carrying  capacity  and  altered  delivery  of  oxygen  to  cells  (see  also  Smoke  Inhalation  in  Chapter  9-29).