Management of nitrobenzene poisoning with oral methylene blue and vitamin C in a resource limited setting: A case report

Toxicology Reports

Pramesh Sunder Shrestha¹  Santosh Acharya²  Ninadini Shrestha²  Rupesh Gami²  Subhash Prasad Acharya³  Bipin Karki³ 

[1] Corresponding author.;Department of Anaesthesia, Maharajgunj Medical Campus, Institute of Medicine, GPO Box- 1524, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal;Department of Critical Care Medicine, Om Hospital and Research Center Pvt Ltd, GPO Box- 13494, Chabahil, Kathmandu, Nepal;

关键词: Methemoglobinemia;    Methylene blue;    Nitrobenzene;    Vitamin C;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Nitrobenzene can cause life threatening methaemoglobinemia. Its management includes the use of intravenous methylene blue to reduce the iron moiety from its ferric to ferrous state. Due to unavailability of intravenous preparation, enteral methylene blue was used in our case. This case report is to highlight that even oral preparations can be successfully used in a resource limited setting where often intravenous preparations are unavailable.

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