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Case Reports
. 2005 May;60(5):496-500.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.04076.x.

Nitrite-induced methaemoglobinaemia - aetiology, diagnosis and treatment

J S W Chui  1 , W T Poon, K C Chan, A Y W Chan, T A Buckley
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Case Reports

Nitrite-induced methaemoglobinaemia - aetiology, diagnosis and treatment

J S W Chui et al. Anaesthesia. 2005 May.

Abstract

A 41-year-old woman presented with the clinical features of methaemoglobinaemia after drinking Chinese herbal medicine. A life threatening methaemoglobin level of 68% was measured. Both clinical and laboratory diagnostic difficulties were encountered. The pitfalls of pulse oximeter, blood gas analysis and co-oximeter interpretation during diagnosis and after methylene blue administration are discussed.

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