Successful Treatment of Methemoglobinemia Secondary to Silver Nitrate Therapy

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THE use of silver nitrate though beneficial in the care of the burn patient has added special problems inherent to this form of treatment. Toxic methemoglobinemia has recently been reported as a post-mortem finding after the use of this mode of therapy.1 Case ReportM.J., a 2-year-old girl, was admitted to Stanford Medical Center after sustaining a flame burn involving 50 per cent of her body surface. At the same time as resuscitative measures, 0.5 per cent silver nitrate dressings continuously saturated were started.Eleven days later, she demonstrated a continued tachypnea and became cyanotic. The arterial Po2 was . . .

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