Volume : IV, Issue : I, January - 2014

A case of methemoglobinemia

Dr Mrs Sampada Karne, Dr Nitin Suryawanshi

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Methemoglobinemia is a rare cause of cyanosis characterised by increased concentration of methemoglobin in the blood with an altered state of haemoglobin in which the ferrous form of iron is oxidized to ferric state rendering heme moiety incapable of carrying oxygen. We are presenting a young boy admitted with giddiness and cyanosis , in whom cardiopulmonary causes of cyanosis were excluded. Clinical cyanosis and low measured oxygen saturation in presence of normal arterial oxygen tension was highly suggestive of Methemoglobinemia. Methemoglobin level was more than 20 %. He was successfully treated with nasal oxygen and ascorbic acid.

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Dr Mrs Sampada Karne, Dr Nitin Suryawanshi A case of methemoglobinemia Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.IV, Issue. I

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