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Methemoglobinemia due to use of poppers: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022
Background Methemoglobinemia is an excess of oxidized hemoglobin in the blood, affecting oxygen transportation. It is characterized by central cyanosis that does not respond to oxygen therapy.
Emmanuelle Sonck, E. Bourmanne, Julien Bruteyn, Waheed Dolip   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency Presenting With Concurrent Hemolysis and Methemoglobinemia in a Young Woman: A Case Report of a Rare Medical Condition. [PDF]

Cureus
Mathiyalagan SA, Alva A, Sarder L.
europepmc   +3 more sources

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
doaj   +1 more source

Poppers-Induced Methemoglobinemia: A Curious Case of the Blues

Cureus, 2021
Methemoglobinemia (MetHb) can be a deadly condition at certain levels, presenting in a fulminant form of cyanosis or disguising itself with vague symptoms.
D. Tello, A. Doodnauth, K. Patel, Diana Gutiérrez, Gangacharan R Dubey   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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
openaire   +2 more sources

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
doaj   +3 more sources

Hereditary methemoglobinemia manifesting in adolescence

Journal of Applied Hematology, 2016
Methemoglobinemia is an uncommon cause of cyanosis that may present at any age. Although acquired methemoglobinemia secondary to exposure to oxidative stressors is the most common cause of methemoglobinemia in adults, hereditary methemoglobinemia has to ...
Mazen A Badawi, Maha A Badawi, Siraj O Wali, Rajaa Z Alsaggaf   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acute methemoglobinemia after a normal diet [PDF]

Journal of Medicine and Life Science, 2021
Methemoglobin is generated by the oxidation of ferrous iron to ferric iron within a hemoglobin molecule. Methemoglobin is unable to bind and transport oxygen, resulting in methemoglobinemia, which can lead to fatal tissue hypoxia.
Sung Kgun Lee, Jeong Ho Kang
doaj   +1 more source

Rasburicase-Induced Methemoglobinemia

Cureus, 2021
Methemoglobinemia occurs as iron in heme is oxidized to its ferric state, resulting in a decreased ability of hemoglobin to bind and release oxygen.
Moeed Ahmed, Thomas C Sanchez, Selinam Norgbe, C. Picking, P. Millner   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Dapsone‐induced methemoglobinemia—A case report

Clinical Case Reports, 2021
Dapsone therapy is associated with methemoglobinemia. Pulse oximetry is used to indicate adequate oxygen saturations, and co‐oximetry is needed to diagnose low arterial oxygen saturations. Clinicians should aware while prescribing dapsone.
Hasanul Kabir, Ramnathan Lakshmanan, Sumana Gopinath, D. Bhonagiri   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source