Management of nitrobenzene poisoning with oral methylene blue and vitamin C in a resource limited setting: A case report
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...
Main Authors: | Ninadini Shrestha, Bipin Karki, Pramesh Sunder Shrestha, Rupesh Gami, Subhash Prasad Acharya, Santosh Acharya |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-01-01
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Series: | Toxicology Reports |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214750020303747 |
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