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Carbon Monoxide Poisoning : Complications

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Complications could include:
If possible, determine the following information:Patient's age, weight, and condition (for example, is the person awake or alert?)How long they may have been exposed to the carbon monoxide, if knownHowever, DO NOT delay calling for help if this in...
Source:ADAM
Date:February 3, 2009
The speed and degree of recovery from CO poisoning depends on the length of exposure to the gas and the concentration of carbon monoxide. The half-life of CO in normal room air is four to five hours, which means that in four to five hours half of ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
An acute upper airway obstruction is a blockage of the upper airway, which can be in the trachea, voice box(laryngeal), or throat(pharyngeal) areas.
Source:ADAM
Date:February 11, 2009
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