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CMAJ
August 2022
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry (Jacob, Schorr, Moist), Western University, London, Ont.; Health Research Methodology (Schorr), Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont.; Kidney Clinical Research Unit (Moist), Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine Western University, London, Ont.
Acute Med
July 2021
Barts Health NHS Trust, The Royal London Hospital, London.
We report a case of fatal methaemoglobinaema resulting from sodium nitrite poisoning. A 28 year old woman arrested in the emergency department following collapse. During resuscitation a venous blood gas revealed a methaemoglobin percentage of 81%.
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March 2021
Emergency Department, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, SAU.
Methemoglobinemia is a blood disorder in which there is an elevated level of methemoglobin. In contrast to normal hemoglobin, methemoglobin does not bind to oxygen, which leads to functional anemia. The signs of methemoglobinemia often overlap with other cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, with cyanosis being the key sign of methemoglobinemia.
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