Successful intervention in a child with toxic methemoglobinemia due to nail polish remover poisoning

Children are most susceptible to accidental exposure of common household substances and one of the common household substances is nail polish remover. We are presenting a case of accidental ingestion of nail polish remover with lethal methemoglobinemia (serum methemoglobin level-72%). This patient w...

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Autores principales: Patra, Soumya, Sikka, Gurleen, Khaowas, Ajoy Kumar, Kumar, Virender
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3299099/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22412293
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5278.93205
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description Children are most susceptible to accidental exposure of common household substances and one of the common household substances is nail polish remover. We are presenting a case of accidental ingestion of nail polish remover with lethal methemoglobinemia (serum methemoglobin level-72%). This patient was treated successfully with injection methylene blue. However, even small amounts can be dangerous to children, so it is important to keep this and all household chemicals in a safe place
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spelling pubmed-32990992012-03-12 Successful intervention in a child with toxic methemoglobinemia due to nail polish remover poisoning Patra, Soumya Sikka, Gurleen Khaowas, Ajoy Kumar Kumar, Virender Indian J Occup Environ Med Case Report Children are most susceptible to accidental exposure of common household substances and one of the common household substances is nail polish remover. We are presenting a case of accidental ingestion of nail polish remover with lethal methemoglobinemia (serum methemoglobin level-72%). This patient was treated successfully with injection methylene blue. However, even small amounts can be dangerous to children, so it is important to keep this and all household chemicals in a safe place Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3299099/ /pubmed/22412293 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5278.93205 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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