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A resuscitation puzzle: acute acquired methemoglobinemia
Critical Care Medicine
|June 1, 1987
Abstract:
We treated a 32-day-old baby suffering acute acquired methemoglobinemia induced by topical application of aniline cocaine. Although acute acquired methemoglobinemia with severe cyanosis and distress is potentially fatal, this rare syndrome is easily curable if it is correctly diagnosed.