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Methemoglobinemia induced by methylene blue pertubation during laparoscopy
1Department of Anesthesiology, Uludağ University Faculty of Medicine, Bursa, Turkey.
Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
|May 30, 1998
Abstract:
Methylene blue is used to check tubal patency during laparoscopy. A case of methemoglobinemia which was induced by methylene blue is presented. Methemoglobinemia is usually treated with methylene blue; however, in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, methylene blue can induce methemoglobinemia.