Matthieu Lyon, Christophe Alain Fehlmann, Marc Augsburger, Thomas Schaller, Catherine Zimmermann-Ivol, Julien Celi, Birgit Andrea Gartner, Nicolas Lorenzon, François Sarasin, Laurent Suppan
BACKGROUND: Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning is an important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Symptoms are mostly aspecific, making it hard to identify, and its diagnosis is usually made through blood gas analysis. However, the bulkiness of gas analyzers prevents them from being used at the scene of the incident, thereby leading to the unnecessary transport and admission of many patients. While multiple-wavelength pulse oximeters have been developed to discriminate carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) from oxyhemoglobin, their reliability is debatable, particularly in the hostile prehospital environment...
October 6, 2023: JMIR Formative Research