Exhaled CO after surgery: a consequence of postoperative narcotics?
Morimatsu
Hiroshi
H
Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitology; Okayama University Medical School; Okayama, Japan; takatoru@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp.
Takahashi
Toru
T
D000768:Anesthesia, General; D001944:Breath Tests; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D009294:Narcotics / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011184:Postoperative Period
D009294:Narcotics; D002248:Carbon Monoxide; D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin
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Zegdi R, Caid R, Van De Louw A, et al. Exhaled carbon monoxide in mechanically ventilated patients: influence of inspired oxygen fraction. Intensive Care Med 2000;26:1228–36.