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Table 36.11

Acute Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Clinical Features

Blood carboxyhaemoglobin (%)Clinical features which may be seen
<10No symptoms – acute poisoning excluded if exposure was within 4h
10–50Headache, nausea, vomiting, tachycardia, tachypnoea
>50Coma, fits, cardiorespiratory arrest