Ascorbic acid for the treatment of methemoglobinemia: The experience of a large tertiary care pediatric hospital

American Journal of Therapeutics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 240-243

  Rino, Pedro Bonifacio ^a   Scolnik, Dennis ^b   Fustiñana, Ana ^a   Mitelpunkt, Alexis ^c   Glatstein, Miguel ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

ascorbic acid; infants; methemoglobinemia; methylene blue

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; METHYLENE BLUE; ANTIOXIDANT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIMETRY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; COMPLICATION; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84904262026     PISSN: 10752765     EISSN: 15363686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MJT.0000000000000028     Document Type: Article

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