Title: Death from severe, refractory methaemoglobinaemia: A case report to illustrate an increasingly frequent manifestation of deliberate self‐poisoning.
Authors: Rosenbaum, Eva; Bode, Matthew JF; Roberts, Darren M
Abstract: The article presents a case study of a 20 years old woman who found unconscious and despite being well 20 min prior, Paramedics found her to be pale, hypoventilating, tachycardic, GCS 3/15 with fixed and dilated pupils.
Subjects: CARDIOPULMONARY resuscitation; POISONING; ANTIDOTES; BLOOD transfusion; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; EXTRACORPOREAL membrane oxygenation; SEVERITY of illness index; CARDIAC arrest; DEATH; METHYLENE blue
Publication: Emergency Medicine Australasia, 2022, Vol 34, Issue 4, p654
ISSN: 1742-6731
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.14020

Death from severe, refractory methaemoglobinaemia: A case report to illustrate an increasingly frequent manifestation of deliberate self‐poisoning.

Rosenbaum, Eva; Bode, Matthew JF; Roberts, Darren M