Potential hazard of methylene blue
Open Access
- 22 February 1979
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Anaesthesia
- Vol. 34 (2) , 181-182
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.1979.tb06275.x
Abstract
The administration of methylene blue to assist the identification of insulin secreting pancreatic adenomata, during surgery in a patient with normal haemoglobin and red cells, was associated with an increase in the methaemoglobin concentration from 0.6% to 7.1%. In patients with unstable haemoglobins or abnormalities of the hexose monophosphate pathway the administration of large amounts of methylene blue is potentially dangerous.Keywords
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