| Literature DB >> 14616332 |
T Jansen1, S Barnung, C R Mortensen, E C Jansen.
Abstract
A young man was accidentally intoxicated with isobutyl nitrite by a threefold lethal dose. Due to nitrites' ability to change hemoglobine into methemoglobine the patient showed signs of severe hypoxia, which could not be treated by conventional means. Therefore the patient was rapidly transferred to a hyperbaric chamber. The patient was treated with pure oxygen at 283 kPa under which a blood exchange transfusion was performed. The patient fully recovered.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID： 14616332 DOI： 10.1046/j.1399-6576.2003.00246.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Acta Anaesthesiol Scand ISSN： 0001-5172 Impact factor: 2.105