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Yanlışlıkla Sepsis Olarak Değerlendirilen Bir Çocukta Nitrit İntoksikasyonuna Bağlı Ciddi Methemoglobinemi

Severe Methemoglobinemia Due to Nitrite Intoxication in a Child Who was Misdiagnosed with Sepsis

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Emergency physicians should have awareness of methemoglobinemia in patients with cyanosis unresponsive to oxygen therapy.

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Objective & Hypothesis:We present here, a child with an extremely high methemoglobin level caused by inadvertently prepared sodium nitrite and potassium nitrite by a pharmacist.
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Key Findings & Data:Oxygen saturation was 85% on room air.
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Conclusion & Impact:Emergency physicians should have awareness of methemoglobinemia in patients with cyanosis unresponsive to oxygen therapy.
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Abstract

We present here, a child with an extremely high methemoglobin level caused by inadvertently prepared sodium nitrite and potassium nitrite by a pharmacist. On physical examination, he had tachycardia and tachypnea. He had cyanosis, and mottled and blue-gray skin color. Oxygen saturation was 85% on room air. He was intubated due to seizure and arterial hypotension. Although he had no history of cyanotic heart disease, cyanosis was resistant to 100% oxygen therapy. Venous blood gas sampling revealed metabolic acidosis and methemoglobinemia (86.2%). Methylene blue dye at a dose of 2 mg/kg and ascorbic acid at a dose of 500 mg were administered intravenously and the clinical improvement was observed in 12 hours. Methemoglobinemia can cause severe systemic findings and death. The clinical findings can mimic septic shock. Emergency physicians should have awareness of methemoglobinemia in patients with cyanosis unresponsive to oxygen therapy.

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Bu yazıda eczacı tarafından yanlış hazırlanmış ilaç alımı sonrası, sodyum nitrit ve potasyum nitrite bağlı ciddi bir methemoglobinemi olgusu sunulmaktadır. İlk fizik muayenesinde hasta taşikardik ve takipneikdi. Hastanın siyanozu ve gri - mavi bir deri rengi vardı. Bilinen bir kardiyak hastalığı olmamasına rağmen, %100 oksijen ile satürasyonu %85 idi. Geldiğinde siyanoz, bilinç değişikliği, konvülziyonu ve hipotansiyonu olan hasta entübe edildi. Alınan venöz kan gazında methemoglobinemi (%86,2) ve metabolik asidoz saptandı. Hastaya metilen mavisi 2 mg/kg intravenöz ve 500 mg intravenöz askorbik asit uygulandı. Takibinde methemoglobin seviyesi 12 saat içinde tedrici olarak geriledi ve klinik düzelme görüldü. Methemoglobinemi, ciddi bulgulara ve ölüme neden olabilecek bir durumdur. Klinik bulgular septik şok ile karışabilmektedir. Acil hekimleri oksijene yanıt vermeyen siyanoz durumlarında methemoglobinemi olabileceğini mutlaka düşünmelidir.

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ÇAĞLAR, A., ER, A., KARAARSLAN, U., ULUSOY, E., AKGÜL, F., İNCİ, G., KÖROĞLU, T. F., DUMAN, M., YILMAZ, D. (2016). Yanlışlıkla Sepsis Olarak Değerlendirilen Bir Çocukta Nitrit İntoksikasyonuna Bağlı Ciddi Methemoglobinemi. Çocuk Acil ve Yoğun Bakım Dergisi, Cilt: 3 - Sayı: 3, 155–158. https://ajindex.com/articles/161549

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