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Carbon monoxide poisoning - Management
Basis for recommendation
Normal carboxyhaemoglobin levels
- Normal carboxyhaemoglobin levels are based upon studies summarized in the Compendium of Chemical Hazards issued by the Health Protection Agency [HPA, 2007a].
Classification of people with suspected carbon monoxide
- Recommendations for the classification of people with suspected carbon monoxide poisoning into possible, probable, or confirmed carbon monoxide poisoning are taken from a toolkit produced for Health Protection Unit staff [HPA Chemical Hazards and Poisons Division, 2008].
- It is based on evidence of the probability of correctly predicting carbon monoxide poisoning from symptoms, carboxyhaemoglobin levels, and identification of a source of carbon monoxide emission, when considered together.
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