Hala N. El Sherif

The Relation between the Clinical Presentation of Acute Carbon Monoxide Toxicity and Carboxy-hemoglobin Level

Samia S. Barghash, Hala N. El Sherif, Rawya M. Salah El-Din, Azza M. Hassan & Azza El Tilt · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2016

Background and Objective: The symptoms of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning are nonspecific; symptoms can mimic those of other common diseases such as nonspecific viral illness, flu- like syndrome and hypertensive attack. Elevated blood carboxy-hemoglobin (COHb) measurements are use...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2016/26047

Early Detection of Cardiac Affection in Acute Carbon Monoxide Intoxicated Patients

Samia S. Barghash, Hala N. El Sherif, Rawya M. Salah El-Din, Azza M. Hassan, Salwa Selim Abougalambou & Nahid Abbas · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2016

Background and Objective: Cardiovascular sequelae of Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning may be clinically occult and remains undiagnosed due to lack of overt symptoms as acute chest pain and ischemic changes in the ECG. The advent of more sensitive and specific markers capable of det...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2016/25824