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Carbon monoxide poisoning in a patient with carbon dioxide retention: a therapeutic challenge

We present the case of a 70 year-old man with carbon monoxide poisoning following a house fire. A significant smoking history and likely underlying chronic lung pathology complicated treatment, as due to symptomatic retention of carbon dioxide we were unable to use high-flow oxygen to facilitate the...

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Autores principales: Lane, Tristan RA, Williamson, Wilby J, Brostoff, Joshua M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2533003/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18710551
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-102

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