{"id":7502,"date":"2009-03-20T16:22:39","date_gmt":"2009-03-20T16:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voxelvid.com\/?p=7502"},"modified":"2025-11-19T18:15:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T18:15:38","slug":"carbon-monoxide-poisoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voxelvid.com\/?p=7502","title":{"rendered":"Carbon Monoxide Poisoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Carbon Monoxide Poisoning<br \/>\nCarboxyhaemoglobin<br \/>\nAs the current generation of oxygen saturation machines only use two diodes they are unable to<br \/>\ncompensate for the presence of carboxyhaemoglobin. This means the saturation<br \/>\nreadouts may be inaccurate in cases of carbon monoxide poisoning. Even<br \/>\nrelatively small amounts of carboxyhaemoglobin in the blood can cause an<br \/>\noximeter to overestimate oxygen saturation. In fact carbon monoxide in the<br \/>\nblood can give rise to erroneous readings of 100% oxygen saturations. This is a<br \/>\ndangerous situation as it gives a false sense of security. This information must<br \/>\nbe remembered when caring for patients who have been in smoky environments.<br \/>\nThis is clearly the case with many burns victims. Smokers and people who work<br \/>\nin traffic fumes may also give falsely high SpO2 readings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Carboxyhaemoglobin As the current generation of oxygen saturation machines only use two diodes they are unable to compensate for the presence of carboxyhaemoglobin. This means the saturation readouts may be inaccurate in cases of carbon monoxide poisoning. 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