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Successful treatment of methemoglobinemia in an elderly couple with severe cyanosis: two case reports

INTRODUCTION: Methemoglobinemia should be considered in all cyanotic patients who remain unresponsive to oxygen therapy. Rapid diagnosis is very important in emergency cases. Here, we present the cases of two patients, a married couple, admitted to our hospital with methemoglobinemia after exposure...

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Autores principales: Su, Ying-Fu, Lu, Li-Hua, Hsu, Tai-Hao, Chang, Shih-Liang, Lin, Rong-Tsung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3444913/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22967308
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-290