Aracelis A Velez

Detection and Quantification of Carbon Monoxide in Postmortem Liver Tissues via Headspace GC-MS as an Alternative to Blood

Abstract Carbon monoxide (CO) is a gas that is readily absorbed by the lungs when inhaled. Once in the blood, it forms a complex with hemoglobin (Hb) in red blood cells known as carboxyhemoglobin (COHb), reducing the oxygen-carrying capacity of Hb and therefore disrupting the tra...