A 20 year – old man is brought to hospital having been found in a running car in shut garage. On arrival he is ataxic and listless with a GCS of 11. Haemodynamically stable with a RR of 30 bpm and SaO2 99%. Arterial blood gas showed: PaO2 40 kPa (300 mmHg), PaCO2 3.6 kPa (27 mmHg), carboxyhaemoglobin 22%, lactate 11 (99 mg/dl). Which of the following statements is/are correct?:
a) The patient has moderate carbon monoxide poisoning.
b) Treatment with hydroxocobalamin can interfere with the measurement of carboxyhemoglobin.
c) Raised lactate in this context is non – specific of inhalational injury.
d) Carboxyhaemoglobin levels in this patient are an indication for hyperbaric therapy.
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