“…Several small studies have found a good correlation between the 2 values, although, notably, 2 of these studies involved only 9 and 10 healthy volunteers, 12,13 and other studies have only tested correlation among subjects with low COHb levels. 9,14 A retrospective review of 10,856 patients screened with the Rad-57 upon presentation to the ED found 11 cases of occult CO poisoning, 15 and a case series of 7 patients out of 74,880 patients screened 16 reported on the utility of using screening to detect occult poisonings. While these papers support the value of the device for finding some occult cases, they do not provide data regarding the device's accuracy.…”