Undiagnosed intraoperative methaemoglobinaemia
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Intraoperative cyanosis: a case of dapsone-induced methaemoglobinaemia.
Intraoperative cyanosis is most commonly caused by hypoxaemia. The anaesthetist is required to perform a rapid series of diagnostic manoeuvres and take remedial action. Occasionally methaemoglobin, sulfhaemoglobin, or haemoglobin M, undetected preoperatively, is the cause of the cyanosis. We report a case of methaemoglobinaemia secondary to dapsone ingestion that was diagnosed intraoperatively....
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0019-5049
DOI: 10.4103/ija.ija_422_17