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  2. Diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide - Wikipedia

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    D LCO or T LCO (diffusing capacity or transfer factor of the lung for carbon monoxide (CO), [1]) is the extent to which oxygen passes from the air sacs of the lungs into the blood. Commonly, it refers to the test used to determine this parameter. It was introduced in 1909. [2]

  3. Diffusing capacity - Wikipedia

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    Carbon monoxide (CO) is tightly and rapidly bound to hemoglobin in the blood, so the partial pressure of CO in the capillaries is negligible and the second term in the denominator can be ignored. For this reason, CO is generally the test gas used to measure the diffusing capacity and the D L {\displaystyle D_{L}} equation simplifies to:

  4. CO-oximeter - Wikipedia

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    Finger tip carboxyhemoglobin saturation monitor.. A CO-oximeter is a device that measures the oxygen carrying state of hemoglobin in a blood specimen, including oxygen-carrying hemoglobin (O2Hb), non-oxygen-carrying but normal hemoglobin (HHb) (formerly, but incorrectly, referred to as 'reduced' hemoglobin), as well as the dyshemoglobins such as carboxyhemoglobin (COHb) and methemoglobin (MetHb).

  5. Breath carbon monoxide - Wikipedia

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    Breath carbon monoxide device. 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 a carbon monoxide breath monitor (breath CO monitor), such as for motivation and education for smoking cessation and also as a clinical aid in assessing carbon monoxide poisoning.

  6. Oxygen–hemoglobin dissociation curve - Wikipedia

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    The reaction HbO 2 + CO → HbCO + O 2 almost irreversibly displaces the oxygen molecules forming carboxyhemoglobin; the binding of the carbon monoxide to the iron centre of hemoglobin is much stronger than that of oxygen, and the binding site remains blocked for the remainder of the life cycle of that affected red blood cell. [9] With an ...

  7. Beware carbon monoxide exposure, poisoning during ... - AOL

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    If you believe you have been exposed to carbon monoxide or are at risk of CO poisoning, Bruccoleri says you can call the Tennessee Poison Center at 1-800-222-1222. The Center is staffed 24/7, 365 ...

  8. Carboxyhemoglobin - Wikipedia

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    The average red blood cell contains 250 million hemoglobin molecules. [7] Hemoglobin contains a globin protein unit with four prosthetic heme groups (hence the name heme-o-globin); each heme is capable of reversibly binding with one gaseous molecule (oxygen, carbon monoxide, cyanide, etc.), [8] therefore a typical red blood cell may carry up to one billion gas molecules.

  9. The Best Place to Put a Carbon Monoxide Detector (and 5 ... - AOL

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    "Upon inspection, their furnace was emitting dangerous levels of carbon monoxide. By installing high-quality CO detectors, I was able to diagnose and fix the issue, avoiding potential disaster."