Dyed But Not Dead: Methemoglobinemia Following Chromopertubation with Methylene Blue
| Autor: | Omar Salim Akhtar, Asha Rathi, Sabahat Rasool, Zeba Alami, Tamkin Rabbani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Conservative management business.industry Anaphylactic reaction Obstetrics and Gynecology Chromotubation Pulmonary edema medicine.disease Methemoglobinemia Surgery chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Anesthesia Chronic PID Medicine business Methylene blue |
| Zdroj: | Journal of South Asian Federation of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2:69-70 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1920 0974-8938 |
| Popis: | A patient undergoing chromoperturbation with methylene blue developed methemoglobinemia. Methylene blue dye used for chromotubation during laparoscopic evaluation can extravasate in lymphatics particularly in cases of Chronic PID, Tuberculosis. Methemoglobunemia as a complication occurs whenever high concentration of dye is used. Other complications are anaphylactic reaction, pulmonary edema. Conservative management with aggressive support for hemodynmic stability is the rule. |
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