DOAJ Open Access 2018

Undiagnosed intraoperative methaemoglobinaemia

Swapnil Verma A K Sathpathy U Srinivas Sanath Reddy

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Methaemoglobinaemia is a rare but potentially dangerous haemoglobinopathy that is often underdiagnosed. It is one of the causes for unexplained cyanosis with dark-coloured blood, especially in the absence of cardiac or pulmonary pathology. Not uncommonly so, it is an incidental perioperative finding in cases of dark-coloured blood not improving with oxygen in apparently acyanotic patients. The present case report is of a child with deaf-mutism posted for cochlear implant surgery who presented with 'chocolate-coloured blood' in the surgical field, despite blood gas analysis showing a normal partial pressure of oxygen.

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Anesthesiology

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Swapnil Verma

A K Sathpathy

U Srinivas

Sanath Reddy

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Verma, S., Sathpathy, A.K., Srinivas, U., Reddy, S. (2018). Undiagnosed intraoperative methaemoglobinaemia. https://doi.org/10.4103/ija.IJA_422_17

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Tahun Terbit: 2018
Sumber Database: DOAJ
DOI: 10.4103/ija.IJA_422_17
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