Breath carbon monoxide is the level of carbon monoxide in a person's exhalation. It can be measured in a breath carbon monoxide test, generally by using...
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Carbon monoxide (chemical formula CO) is a poisonous, flammable gas that is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and slightly less dense than air. Carbon monoxide...
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DLCO or TLCO (diffusing capacity or transfer factor of the lung for carbon monoxide (CO),) is the extent to which oxygen passes from the air sacs of the...
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Carbon monoxide poisoning typically occurs from breathing in carbon monoxide (CO) at excessive levels. Symptoms are often described as "flu-like" and commonly...
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Carboxyhemoglobin (category Carbon monoxide)
HbCO) is a stable complex of carbon monoxide and hemoglobin (Hb) that forms in red blood cells upon contact with carbon monoxide. Carboxyhemoglobin is often...
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Diffusing capacity (redirect from Single-breath diffusing capacity)
capacity for carbon monoxide, and concluded that oxygen was actively transported into the lung. His student, August Krogh developed the single breath diffusion...
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point −161.5°C) or carbon monoxide (b.p. −191.5°C) is an economically feasible industrial production technique. Industrial carbon-13 production plants...
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cessation. Breath carbon monoxide (CO) monitoring: carbon monoxide is a significant component of cigarette smoke, and a breath carbon monoxide monitor can...
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Suicide methods (redirect from Suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning)
levels of carbon monoxide (CO). Death usually occurs through hypoxia. A nonfatal attempt can result in memory loss and other symptoms. Carbon monoxide is a...
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production in the upper atmosphere, the carbon-14 reacts rapidly to form mostly (about 93%) 14CO (carbon monoxide), which subsequently oxidizes at a slower...
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oxygen carrying ability of the hemoglobin present.[citation needed] Breath carbon monoxide Rodkey FL, Hill TA, Pitts LL, Robertson RF (August 1979). "Spectrophotometric...
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Inhalation exposure (section Uptake of carbon monoxide)
region cause swelling of the alveoli, coughing, and shortness of breath. Carbon monoxide is a relatively nonreactive gas with limited solubility. High CO...
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Today, methanol is mainly produced industrially by hydrogenation of carbon monoxide. Methanol consists of a methyl group linked to a polar hydroxyl group...
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Hypercapnia (redirect from Carbon dioxide poisoning)
PMID 11264683. S2CID 36318428. Carbon dioxide can accumulate insidiously in the diver who intentionally holds the breath intermittently (skip breathing)...
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is introduced. Poisonous agents used include hydrogen cyanide and carbon monoxide. General Rochambeau developed a rudimentary method in 1803, during...
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Barotrauma Oxygen equivalent Oxygen toxicity Nitrogen narcosis Carbon dioxide poisoning Carbon monoxide poisoning HPNS Diffusing capacity – Measure of the transfer...
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versus the standard hydrogen electrode. The nickel-containing enzyme carbon monoxide dehydrogenase catalyses this process. Photoautotrophs (i.e. plants...
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Hypoxia (medicine) (section Carbon monoxide poisoning)
PMID 16993128. Wald, NJ; Idle, M; Boreham, J; Bailey, A (May 1981). "Carbon monoxide in breath in relation to smoking and carboxyhaemoglobin levels". Thorax...
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Breathing gas (section Carbon monoxide)
rate of the breather. It must not contain harmful contaminants. Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide are common poisons which may contaminate breathing gases...
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Heme oxygenase (category Carbon monoxide)
catalyzes the degradation of heme to produce biliverdin, ferrous iron, and carbon monoxide. There are many heme degrading enzymes in nature. In general, only...
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Indoor air quality (redirect from Indoor carbon dioxide)
molds and other allergens, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds, legionella and other bacteria, asbestos fibers, carbon dioxide, ozone and particulates...
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Freediving (redirect from Breath-hold diving)
Freediving, free-diving, free diving, breath-hold diving, or skin diving, is a mode of underwater diving that relies on breath-holding until resurfacing rather...
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Wildfire (section Carbon monoxide danger)
composed primarily of carbon dioxide and water vapor. Other common components present in lower concentrations are carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, acrolein...
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Air pollution (section Carbon monoxide (CO))
different types of air pollutants, such as gases (including ammonia, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxides, methane and chlorofluorocarbons),...
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agents. Carbon monoxide could technically be called a blood agent because it binds with oxygen-carrying hemoglobin in the blood (see carbon monoxide poisoning)...
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conditions Anxiety disorders and panic attacks Medications Fentanyl Other Carbon monoxide poisoning Pregnancy "Differential Diagnosis For Dyspnea: Poisoning...
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manganese, which are used as catalysts for the conversion of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide when exposed to the oxygen in the air at room temperature...
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chronic airway limitation, cluster headache, smoke inhalation, and carbon monoxide poisoning, or any other patients who require high-concentration oxygen...
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Gasotransmitter (section Carbon monoxide)
distinct characterization criteria. Currently, only nitric oxide, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen sulfide are accepted as gasotransmitters. According to...
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