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Severe Treatment-Resistant Methemoglobinemia of Unknown Etiology With Recurrence [PDF]

Case Reports in Critical Care
Discussion: We report a case of a 25-year-old female with repeated admissions with methemoglobinemia. This case highlights the potential for refractory methemoglobinemia requiring repeated treatment, and the importance of longer periods of close ...
James Ainsworth, Suresh Pillai
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Acquired Methemoglobinemia Following Nitrobenzene Poisoning: An Unusual Case Report [PDF]

Clinical Medicine Insights: Case Reports
Methemoglobinemia is a rare but potentially life-threatening condition characterized by the oxidation of hemoglobin iron from ferrous (Fe²⁺) to ferric (Fe³⁺) state, impairing its oxygen-carrying capacity.
Venkata Sarma Jayant Tetta, Tarun Kumar Suvvari, Sushmitha Reddy Sagili, Srinivasa Rajasekhar Kata, Sindhuja Karangula, Tejinder Singh, Vimal Thomas   +6 more
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Acute Acquired Methemoglobinemia Following Nitrobenzene Poisoning

Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2021
Nitrobenzene is an aromatic compound commonly used in agricultural fertilizers. It is capable of inducing methemoglobinemia when ingested in sufficient quantities.
Samriddh Dhungel, Prabina Ghimire, Swarup Shrestha, Tulsi Bhattarai, Anil Pokhrel   +4 more
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Suspected Drinking Water Poisoning in a Domestic Kitten with Methemoglobinemia

Veterinary Sciences, 2021
A 4-month-old male indoor cat was referred for dyspnea, mental dullness and weakness, which appeared two days earlier. The cat had been adopted at 3 months of age. Physical exam showed cyanosis, dyspnea and mild hypothermia.
Francesca Fidanzio, Andrea Corsini, Kevin Pascal Spindler, Serena Crosara   +3 more
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A Rare Culprit of Methemoglobinemia

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2022
Methemoglobinemia is a rare cause of hypoxia and can be a diagnostic challenge early in the disease course. The incidence of medication-induced methemoglobinemia is more common than congenital-related methemoglobinemia.
Kahtan Fadah DO, Miguel Rivera RPh, Ajay Lingireddy MD, M. Ammar Kalas MD, Reshad S. Ghafouri MD, Abhizith Deoker MD   +5 more
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Methemoglobinemia

Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2022
The targeted audience for this simulation are emergency medicine providers, including residents as well as advanced practice providers, to properly educate on recognizing, diagnosing, and managing methemoglobinemia.Methemoglobinemia is a blood disorder characterized by the presence of ferric form of hemoglobin in the blood.
Alagha, Ibrahim, Doman, Ghadeer, Aouthmany, Shaza   +2 more
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Hereditary Congenital Methemoglobinemia Diagnosed at the Age of 79 Years: A Case Report

Medicina, 2023
Background: Cardiopulmonary disorders are the most common cause of central cyanosis, and methemoglobinemia is often overlooked in the differential diagnosis of patients with central cyanosis.
Marohito Nakata, Naoko Yokota, Kazuhiko Tabata, Takuya Morikawa, Hiroki Shibata, Tsuneaki Kenzaka   +5 more
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Phenazopyridine-Induced Methemoglobinemia in a Jehovah’s Witness Treated with High-Dose Ascorbic Acid Due to Methylene Blue Contradictions: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Hematology Reports, 2023
Methemoglobinemia is an acute medical emergency that requires prompt correction. Physicians should have a high degree of suspicion of methemoglobinemia in cases that present with hypoxemia that does not resolve with supplemental oxygenation, and they ...
Sasmith R. Menakuru, Vijaypal S. Dhillon, Mona Atta, Keeret Mann, Ahmed Salih   +4 more
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Acquired methemoglobinemia in infants

Turkish Journal of Hematology, 2011
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to determine the etiologic factors of acquired methemoglobinemia in infants younger than three months in our region. METHODS: This study was carried out retrospectively in infants with methemoglobinemia admitted to Karadeniz ...
Mehmet Mutlu, Erol Erduran, Yakup Aslan
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Factitious methemoglobinemia [PDF]

American Journal of Hematology, 1999
We report the case of a 26 year-old female who was treated on numerous occasions for methemoglobinemia believed secondary to surreptitious abuse of dapsone as part of a factitious disorder.
K M, Carr, L, Elias, L C, Caruana, I, Rabinowitz   +3 more
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