Intravenous Ascorbic Acid and Oral Methylene Blue Treatment in Prilocaine-induced Methemoglobinemia: A Case Report

A Case Report of Prilocaine-Induced Methemoglobinemia after Liposuction Procedure

Prilocaine-induced methemoglobinemia is a rarely seen condition. In this paper, a case is presented with methemoglobinemia developed secondary to prilocaine use in a liposuction procedure, and the importance of this rarely seen condition is emphasized. A 20-year-old female patient presented with complaints of prostration, lassitude, shivering, shortness of breath, and cyanosis. It was learned t...

Methylene blue-induced methemoglobinemia during cardiopulmonary bypass? A case report and literature review.

The guanylate cyclase (GC) and inducible nitric oxide (iNOS) inhibitor methylene blue (MB) has been used in cardiac surgery patients for the treatment of a variety of conditions. Methylene blue has been successfully used for the prevention and treatment of vasoplegia syndrome (VS) in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Vasoplegia syndrome occurs in up to 10% o...

Prilocaine-induced Methemoglobinemia.

Toxic Methemoglobinemia Treated With Ascorbic Acid: Case Report

Methemoglobinemia is a disorder characterized by the presence of a higher than normal level of methemoglobin. Prilocaine which is one of the oxidizing local anaesthetics is widely used in many local procedures. The first choice of treatment of complications due to the use of these local anaesthetics is methylene blue, while ascorbic acid is the alternative choice. The side effects of metilen bl...

Methemoglobinemia after local anesthesia with prilocaine: a case report.

Address for Correspondence: Halil Doğan, Department of Emergency, Bakırkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey E-mail: [email protected] ©Copyright 2016 by Emergency Physicians Association of Turkey Available online at www.jemcr.org Introduction For erythrocytes, which contain hemoglobin, to carry oxygen to tissues, the iron content of hemoglobin should be in th...