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Methaemoglobinaemia as a result of nitrite poisoning.

Abstract
Methaemoglobinaemia due to nitrite poisoning is rare. Awareness of this condition in the cyanosed patient not responding to oxygenation and timely administration of methylene blue may be life saving. We report a case of methaemoglobinaemia as a result of sodium nitrite poisoning.
AuthorsRenu Saigal, Laxmi Kant Goyal, Abhishek Agrawal, Dilip Wadhwani, Pradeep Mittal, R N Yadav, P D Meena
JournalThe Journal of the Association of Physicians of India (J Assoc Physicians India) Vol. 62 Issue 8 Pg. 737-8 (Aug 2014) ISSN: 0004-5772 [Print] India
PMID25856950 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Nitrates
  • sodium nitrate
Topics
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Methemoglobinemia (chemically induced)
  • Nitrates (poisoning)
  • Young Adult

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