title: A simple spectrophotometric method for the determination of carboxyhemoglobin in blood.
abstract: The spectrophotometric method for the determination of carboxyhemoglobin (HbCO) in blood reported by Fretwurst and Meinecke was modified so as to give the same values of percentage HbCO (HbCO%) as those determined by the oxygen electrode method. Values of HbCO% of nine practical samples determined by both the oxygen electrode method and the present method were nearly identical regardless of the presence of methemoglobin (Met-Hb) in blood. The present method is suitable for forensic practice.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin / Q000032:analysis*; D004566:Electrodes; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008706:Methemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D010100:Oxygen; D013053:Spectrophotometry
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D008706:Methemoglobin; D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin; D010100:Oxygen