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Methemoglobinemia: An unusual cause of postoperative cyanosis
Carryn M Anderson, MD, Kenneth J Woodside, MD, Todd A Spencer, MD, Glenn C Hunter, MD Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 39, Issue 3, Pages (March 2004) DOI: /j.jvs
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Fig 1 An arterial blood sample from our first patient at 12.7% MHb (left) and 31.0% MHb (right). Notice the dark brown hue of the sample with the higher MHb level. Journal of Vascular Surgery , DOI: ( /j.jvs )
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Fig 2 Reduction of methemoglobin to hemoglobin. (From Wright OR, Lewander WJ, Woolf AD. Methemoglobinemia: etiology, pharmacology, and clinical management. Ann Emerg Med 1999;34: By permission). Journal of Vascular Surgery , DOI: ( /j.jvs )
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