CO-oximeter

Finger tip carboxyhemoglobin saturation monitor.

A CO-oximeter is a device for detecting hypoxia, a medical condition relating to oxygen deficiency at tissue level.

The device measures absorption at several wavelengths to distinguish oxyhemoglobin from carboxyhemoglobin and determine the oxyhemoglobin saturation: the percentage of oxygenated Hb compared to the total amount of hemoglobin (Hb), including carboxy-Hb, met-Hb, oxy-Hb, and reduced Hb. When a patient presents with carbon monoxide poisoning (CO), the CO-oximeter will detect this Hb and will report the oxyhemoglobin saturation as markedly reduced.

Measurement

Traditionally, this measurement is made from arterial blood processed in a blood gas analyzer with a CO-oximeter.^[1][2] More recently, pulse CO-oximeters have made it possible to estimate carboxyhemoglobin with non-invasive technology similar to a Pulse oximeter.^[3] In contrast, the use of a standard pulse oximeter is not effective in the diagnosis of CO poisoning as patients suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning may have a normal oxygen saturation reading on a pulse oximeter.^[4]

References

1. ^ Rodkey FL, Hill TA, Pitts LL, Robertson RF (August 1979). "Spectrophotometric measurement of carboxyhemoglobin and methemoglobin in blood". Clinical Chemistry 25 (8): 1388–93. PMID 455674. http://www.clinchem.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=455674. Retrieved 2009-07-17. 
2. ^ Rees PJ, Chilvers C, Clark TJ (January 1980). "Evaluation of methods used to estimate inhaled dose of carbon monoxide". Thorax 35 (1): 47–51. doi:10.1136/thx.35.1.47. PMC 471219. PMID 7361284. http://thorax.bmj.com/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=7361284. Retrieved 2009-07-17. 
3. ^ Coulange M, Barthelemy A, Hug F, Thierry AL, De Haro L (2008). "Reliability of new pulse CO-oximeter in victims of carbon monoxide poisoning". Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine 35 (2): 107–11. PMID 18500075. http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/8084. Retrieved 2009-07-17. 
4. ^ Vegfors M, Lennmarken C (May 1991). "Carboxyhaemoglobinaemia and pulse oximetry". British Journal of Anaesthesia 66 (5): 625–6. doi:10.1093/bja/66.5.625. PMID 2031826. http://bja.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=2031826. 

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