Acute methemoglobinemia following attempted suicide by dapson

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 410-414

  Shadnia, Shahin ^a,b   Rahimi, Mojgan ^a   Moeinsadat, Mahsa ^a   Vesal, Ghazal ^c   Donyavi, Mohadeseh ^b   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^b,d  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Tehran University of Medical Sciences   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dapsone; Methemoglobinemia

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ASCORBIC ACID; RANITIDINE; SORBITOL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONSTIPATION; CYANOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG INTOXICATION; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ARTERIES; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; DAPSONE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LIVER; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33644592206     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2005.06.010     Document Type: Article

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