Emergency Medicine: Open Access
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Sevil Ghaffarzadeh

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• Research Article
  Study about Relation Between Carboxy Hemoglobin Levels in the Patient with Headache in the Cold Season
  Author(s): Hassan Amiri, Samad Shams Vahdati, Sevil Ghaffarzadeh, Niloofar Ghodrati, Payam Raoufi and Paria HabibollahiHassan Amiri, Samad Shams Vahdati, Sevil Ghaffarzadeh, Niloofar Ghodrati, Payam Raoufi and Paria Habibollahi
  
  Introduction: Toxicity and accidental exposure to carbon monoxide is one of most important causes of mortality in developing countries. Clinical symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning are often and cause misdiagnosis with other diseases. Accurate diagnosis of whether symptoms and complications of an individual are due to exposure to carbon monoxide or not is so difficult. The aim of this study is to evaluate carboxy hemoglobin levels in patients with headache visiting emergency department. Methods: In a descriptive study from December 2011 to March 2012, all patients visiting emergency department of Emam Reza hospital with the complaint of headache or headache with other symptoms were studied in a census report. All patients were in the East Azarbaijan area in the cold mounts. Results: Fifty patients including twenty five men and twenty five women were studied. Mean age of men and wome.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7548.1000202

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