Prolonged decrease of regional cerebral saturation readings with the INVOS® device after continuous intravenous methylene blue administration [1]

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1327-

  Mittnacht, Alexander J C ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARMINIC ACID; METHYLENE BLUE;

BRAIN OXYGEN TENSION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; OXIMETRY; PATIENT MONITORING;

HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; METHYLENE BLUE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; OXIMETRY;

EID: 41349098877     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318167b41e     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. McDonagh DL, McDaniel MR, Monk TG. The effect of intravenous indigo carmine on near-infrared cerebral oximetry. Anesth Analg 2007;105:704-6
2. Taylor K, Holtby H. Methylene blue revisited: management of hypotension in a pediatric patient with bacterial endocarditis. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2005;130:566
3. Mittnacht AJC, Fischer GW, Reich DL. Methylene blue administration is associated with decreased cerebral oximetry values. Anesth Analg 2007;105:549-50