Methylene blue unresponsive methemoglobinemia

Acquired methemoglobinemia is an uncommon blood disorder induced by exposure to certain oxidizing agents and drugs. Although parents may not give any history of toxin ingestion; with the aid of pulse-oximetry and blood gas analysis, we can diagnose methemoglobinemia. Prompt recognition of this condi...

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Autores principales: Patnaik, Sibabratta, Natarajan, Manivachagan Muthappa, James, Ebor Jacob, Ebenezer, Kala
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4033863/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24872659
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.130582
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author Patnaik, Sibabratta
Natarajan, Manivachagan Muthappa
James, Ebor Jacob
Ebenezer, Kala
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description Acquired methemoglobinemia is an uncommon blood disorder induced by exposure to certain oxidizing agents and drugs. Although parents may not give any history of toxin ingestion; with the aid of pulse-oximetry and blood gas analysis, we can diagnose methemoglobinemia. Prompt recognition of this condition is required in emergency situations to institute early methylene blue therapy. We report an unusual case of severe toxic methemoglobinemia, which did not respond to methylene blue, but was successfully managed with exchange transfusion.
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spelling pubmed-40338632014-05-28 Methylene blue unresponsive methemoglobinemia Patnaik, Sibabratta Natarajan, Manivachagan Muthappa James, Ebor Jacob Ebenezer, Kala Indian J Crit Care Med Case Report Acquired methemoglobinemia is an uncommon blood disorder induced by exposure to certain oxidizing agents and drugs. Although parents may not give any history of toxin ingestion; with the aid of pulse-oximetry and blood gas analysis, we can diagnose methemoglobinemia. Prompt recognition of this condition is required in emergency situations to institute early methylene blue therapy. We report an unusual case of severe toxic methemoglobinemia, which did not respond to methylene blue, but was successfully managed with exchange transfusion. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4033863/ /pubmed/24872659 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.130582 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Critical Care 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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Patnaik, Sibabratta
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James, Ebor Jacob
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title_full_unstemmed Methylene blue unresponsive methemoglobinemia
title_short Methylene blue unresponsive methemoglobinemia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4033863/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24872659
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.130582
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