Intraoperative cyanosis: a case of dapsone-induced 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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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0832-610X,1496-8975
DOI: 10.1007/bf03007692