title: A 74-year-old woman with desaturation following surgery. Co-oximetry is the first step in making the diagnosis of dyshemoglobinemia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
authors.forename: Matthias W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: König
authors.forename: Sylvia Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Dolinski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004322:Drainage; D020802:Epidural Abscess / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006452:Hemoglobinometry; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D008706:Methemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism; D008708:Methemoglobinemia / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010092:Oximetry; D010108:Oxyhemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012086:Reoperation
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D010108:Oxyhemoglobins; C015185:dyshemoglobins; C100003:deoxyhemoglobin; D008706:Methemoglobin; D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin