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A bedside test for methemoglobinemia, Sri Lanka

Author(s) -

Fathima Shihana,

Andrew H. Dawson,

Nicholas A. Buckley

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

bulletin of the world health organization

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.459

H-Index - 168

eISSN - 1564-0604

pISSN - 0042-9686

DOI - 10.2471/blt.15.158147

Subject(s) - sri lanka , medicine , methemoglobinemia , test (biology) , family medicine , environmental health , biology , south asia , ancient history , anesthesia , history , paleontology

Propanil is an aniline herbicide that is widely used for rice cultivation, but is also used for self-poisoning. Toxicity from propanil is largely due to methemoglobinemia. In resource-poor settings, the capacity to determine methemoglobin concentration is insufficient and prevents effective case management, which results in increased deaths from propanil poisoning.

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