Diseases

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Toxic asphyxiation due to the displacement of oxygen from oxyhemoglobin by carbon monoxide.

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Abstract

Toxic asphyxiation due to the displacement of oxygen from oxyhemoglobin by carbon monoxide.

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11 entry terms
  • Poisoning, Carbon Monoxide
  • Carbon Monoxide Poisonings
  • Monoxide Poisoning, Carbon
  • Monoxide Poisonings, Carbon
  • Poisonings, Carbon Monoxide
  • Illuminating Gas Poisoning
  • Poisoning, Illuminating Gas
  • Gas Poisoning, Illuminating
  • Gas Poisonings, Illuminating
  • Illuminating Gas Poisonings
  • Poisonings, Illuminating Gas

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34 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

ILLUMINATING GAS POISONING was see under CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING 1969-78

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QV 662

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002249. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002249
  2. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_monoxide_poisoning
  3. Carbon Monoxide Poisoning. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125367