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Getting the blues at a rock concert: A case of severe methaemoglobinaemia
Author(s) -
Wilkerson R Gentry
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
emergency medicine australasia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1742-6723
pISSN - 1742-6731
DOI - 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2010.01336.x
Subject(s) - medicine , moiety , ferrous , ferric , methemoglobinemia , methemoglobin , nitrite , blues , anesthesia , medicinal chemistry , inorganic chemistry , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , nitrate , hemoglobin , chemistry , art , art history
Methaemoglobin is the form of haemoglobin in which the iron moiety of the haem group has been oxidized from the ferrous to the ferric state. Methaemoglobinaemia is due to either an increase in the production of the oxidized haem moiety or due to decreased conversion back to the reduced form. This article presents a case of amyl nitrite‐induced methaemoglobinaemia and discusses the diagnosis and treatment of this disorder.