RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A fatal case of severe methaemoglobinemia due to nitrobenzene poisoning
JF Emergency Medicine Journal
JO Emerg Med J
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP 70
OP 71
DO 10.1136/emj.07.2011.4431rep
VO 29
IS 1
A1 Alok Gupta
A1 Nirdesh Jain
A1 Avinash Agrawal
A1 Arjun Khanna
A1 Manish Gutch
YR 2012
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/29/1/70.abstract
AB An acute poisoning with nitrobenzene presenting as methaemoglobinemia is an uncommon medical emergency. A young girl with nitrobenzene induced methaemoglobinaemia died despite use of mechanical ventilator, administration of oral methylene blue and parenteral ascorbic acid. Here author highlights the rare occurrence of such cases, methaemoglobin induced severe oxidative stress, unexplained splenomegaly and leucocytosis and the ineffectivity of oral methylene blue and other supportive measures in evading death due to nitrobenzene poisoning.