Poisoning with shoe dye. A clinical case |
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| Authors: | M Maione G P Fabbrini C Mazzi P Nannicini P Grassi |
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| Affiliation: | Servizio di Anestesia e Rianimazione, USL n. 21, Regione Toscana. |
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| Abstract: | The paper reports the case of a young male which was severely poisoned by anilyne shoe black. After a few hours, he was in a semicomatose state, accompanied by "very dark" arterial blood gases with oxygen tension in excess of 100 mmHg. Following the administration of intravenous methylene blue (2 mg/kg), methemoglobin was reduced to hemoglobin and the level of consciousness immediately improved. |
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