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Methemoglobinemia treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy: A case report
Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2018 Methemoglobinemia is a rare but clinically important condition that should be considered among differential diagnosis' in cyanosis. The conventional treatments of methemoglobinemia are high flow oxygen and methylene blue therapies.We present a 52-year ...
Ismail Altintop +4 more
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Recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of methemoglobinemia [PDF]
, 2021 Methemoglobinemia is a rare disorder associated with oxidization of divalent ferro-iron of hemoglobin (Hb) to ferri-iron of methemoglobin (MetHb). Methemoglobinemia can result from either inherited or acquired processes.
Forni, G.L. +22 more
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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
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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 +3 more
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Methylene blue and hyperbaric oxygen treatment in dapson-induced methemoglobinemia
Ankara Medical Journal, 2021 Methemoglobinemia is the presence of excessive methemoglobin in the blood. Methemoglobinemia is a rare but clinically important condition that should be considered among the differential diagnoses of cyanosis. It is a fast and relatively easy-to-diagnose
Gülhan Kurtoğlu Çelik +2 more
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Chapter 15 Nitrates and Methemoglobinemia
, 2022 Methemoglobinemia is characterized by a blue color to the skin, hypoxia that does not respond to administered oxygen, chocolate-colored blood, and shortness of breath. There are two main types of methemoglobinemia.
Fossen Johnson, Sarah
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Methemoglobinemia – a Case Report and Literature Review
Acta Clinica Croatica, 2022 The objective of this case report is to present a patient with acquired methemoglobinemia due to poisoning of an unknown cause. A 55-year-old man was brought to the Emergency Department, University Hospital Center Zagreb, with an unwell appearance ...
Ida Ivek +5 more
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Acute methemoglobinemia after a blast injury: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Trauma and Injury, 2022 Methemoglobin is a structurally modified form of hemoglobin incapable of binding oxygen, and elevated levels of methemoglobin cause tissue hypoxia. Occupational exposure to 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene, commonly called trinitrotoluene, causes methemoglobinemia.
Donghoon Kim +3 more
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Clinics and Practice, 2022 Methemoglobinemia is a rare blood disorder characterized by the oxidation of heme iron from ferrous (Fe2+) to ferric (Fe3+) state, which increases oxygen affinity and impairs oxygen release to the tissue causing hypoxia. It can be congenital or acquired;
Ojbindra KC +4 more
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Haematology Journal of Bangladesh, 2020 Congenital heart diseases are common cause of congenital cyanosis with polycythaemia. Congenital methemoglobinemia is a rare cause of lifelong cyanosis with polycythemia.
Tasneem Ara +2 more
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