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  • Title: Carboxyhaemoglobin. Spectrophotometric determination tested and calibrated using a new reference method for measuring carbon monoxide in blood.
    Author: Dijkhuizen P, Buursma A, Gerding AM, Van Kampen EJ, Zijlstra WG.
    Journal: Clin Chim Acta; 1977 Oct 01; 80(1):95-104. PubMed ID: 908149.
    Abstract:
    The spectrophotometric determination of HbCO at lambda = 562 and 540 nm in the system HbCO/HbO2 was reinvestigated using a new reference method for measuring CO in blood. This reference method is based on the conversion of CO from HbCO into CO2 which is determined by titration. Plotting the absorbance ratio A562/A540 against the titrimetrically determined HbCO fractions of 46 blood samples demonstrated a linear relationship up to 90% HbCO and yielded more accurate values for the constants in the equation for calculating the HbCO fraction from A562/A540. The standard deviation of the differences between the spectrophotometric and the titrimetric method was 1.2% HbCO. It is shown that the influence of other haemoglobin derivatives and other possible sources of error is either negligible or can be prevented by simple precautions.
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