Acute methaemoglobinaemia initially treated as organophosphate poisoning leading to atropine toxicity

A case of unknown compound poisoning is presented. It was initially treated as organophosphate poisoning with lack of response. A timely diagnosis of acute methaemoglobinaemia and iatrogenic atropine toxicity was made based on clinical evaluation. Treatment of methaemoglobinaemia using oral methylen...

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Autores principales: Kakhandki, Srinivas, Yahya, Mohammed, Praveen, Mudalgi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3469922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23087466
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5049.100836
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Yahya, Mohammed
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description A case of unknown compound poisoning is presented. It was initially treated as organophosphate poisoning with lack of response. A timely diagnosis of acute methaemoglobinaemia and iatrogenic atropine toxicity was made based on clinical evaluation. Treatment of methaemoglobinaemia using oral methylene blue and of atropine toxicity with supportive measures could save the patient.
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spelling pubmed-34699222012-10-19 Acute methaemoglobinaemia initially treated as organophosphate poisoning leading to atropine toxicity Kakhandki, Srinivas Yahya, Mohammed Praveen, Mudalgi Indian J Anaesth Case Report A case of unknown compound poisoning is presented. It was initially treated as organophosphate poisoning with lack of response. A timely diagnosis of acute methaemoglobinaemia and iatrogenic atropine toxicity was made based on clinical evaluation. Treatment of methaemoglobinaemia using oral methylene blue and of atropine toxicity with supportive measures could save the patient. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3469922/ /pubmed/23087466 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5049.100836 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Anaesthesia 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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title Acute methaemoglobinaemia initially treated as organophosphate poisoning leading to atropine toxicity
title_full Acute methaemoglobinaemia initially treated as organophosphate poisoning leading to atropine toxicity
title_fullStr Acute methaemoglobinaemia initially treated as organophosphate poisoning leading to atropine toxicity
title_full_unstemmed Acute methaemoglobinaemia initially treated as organophosphate poisoning leading to atropine toxicity
title_short Acute methaemoglobinaemia initially treated as organophosphate poisoning leading to atropine toxicity
title_sort acute methaemoglobinaemia initially treated as organophosphate poisoning leading to atropine toxicity
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3469922/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23087466
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5049.100836
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