Identification of the patient with carbon monoxide poisoning in Emergency room. Clinical case study

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Anderson Raúl Robalino Díaz
Héctor Javier Mendez Pilco
Danilo Eduardo Molina Molina
Vanesa Paola Borja Cepeda

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Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas produced by the combustion of hydrocarbons, so it can be in the vicinity of homes and workplaces as we can obtain it in wood stoves, domestic fireplaces, combustion engines. And its characteristics allow the individual not to identify the presence of this poison and thus facilitate its entry into the body. Causing tissue hypoxia and direct damage to the cell due to the production of carboxyhemoglobin, since the affinity of carbon monoxide for hemoglobin is 200 to 300 times greater than for oxygen.

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Robalino Díaz , A. R. ., Mendez Pilco , H. J. ., Molina Molina , D. E. ., & Borja Cepeda , V. P. . (2023). Identification of the patient with carbon monoxide poisoning in Emergency room. Clinical case study. Mediciencias UTA, 7(3), 92–99. https://doi.org/10.31243/mdc.uta.v7i3.2073.2023
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