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Clinical overview
Carbon monoxide exposure may cause neurological and cardiac injury even when the routine pulse oximeter displays a normal oxygen saturation.
Important clinical update
CDC guidance: COHb levels do not reliably reflect clinical severity or treatment response. Assess exposure history, symptoms and cardiac risk; obtain CO-oximetry where available, give high-concentration oxygen promptly and discuss hyperbaric oxygen in selected severe cases or pregnancy.
Current reference: CDC Clinical Guidance for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning.
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