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Methemoglobinemia: A Life-threatening Complication of Topical Pharyngeal Anesthetics

Drug-induced methemoglobinemia can be caused due to topical anesthetics, dapsone, nitrates (e.g., nitroglycerin), and metoclopramide. Cyanosis in the setting of topical anesthetic use, along with the arterial blood gas results indicating hypoxemia, points towards the diagnosis of methemoglobinemia....

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Publicado en:Cureus
Main Authors: Riaz, Sana, Kudaravalli, Pujitha, Saleem, Sheikh A, Heisig, David
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7263402/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32494515
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7900
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