Methaemoglobinemia: a diagnosis of surprise with recent literature review and management
Abstract Background Methaemoglobinemia (MetHb) is a rare entity in clinical practice which often goes undiagnosed and keeps both the anaesthesiologist and attending surgeon under tension during surgery on seeing dark or chocolate-coloured blood in the surgical field. A low oxygen saturation (SpO2) w...
Main Authors: | Sabaha Shabnam, Venugopal Achuthan Nair, Divya V. Gladston, Siva Ranjith J |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2022-10-01
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Series: | Ain Shams Journal of Anesthesiology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s42077-022-00276-5 |
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