Acute exposure of persons after chronically high COHb levels (?)
In the Normal Individual:
Pregnancy
Life in Utero (fetal condition)
Old age
Male sex (?)
A state of high athletic training (?)
Pathological Conditions:
Other pre-existing medical disorders
Heart failure, cardiomyopathy, etc.
Myocardial ischemia
Cerebral ischemia
Emphysema, COPD, other chronic lung disease
Anemia
Thyrotoxicosis
Fever
Diabetes, elevated blood glucose
Hypovolemia
..... Last changed 03/20/02
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