Isosulfan blue causes factitious methemoglobinemia in an infant

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1116-1119

  Burgoyne, Laura L ^a   Jay, Dennis W ^a   Bikhazi, George B ^a   De Armendi, Alberto J ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Isosulfan blue; Methemoglobinemia; Pulse oximetry

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FENTANYL; ISOSULFAN BLUE; METHEMOGLOBIN; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM; COLORING AGENT; FUCHSINE; ISO SULFAN BLUE; ISO-SULFAN BLUE;

ANALYZER; ARTERIAL GAS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHYLOTHORAX; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG ABSORPTION; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER METASTASIS; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SIMULATION; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SYMPTOM; THORACIC DUCT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; LYMPH VESSEL; OXIMETRY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

COLORING AGENTS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; METHEMOGLOBIN; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; OXIMETRY; ROSANILINE DYES;

EID: 33644874679     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01578.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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