Citation

Saxena H, Prakash Saxena A. Indian J. Anaesth. 2010; 54(2): 160-162.

Affiliation

Anesthesia Intensive Care and Pain Relief, SGRR Institute of Medical and Health Sciences, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, Asha Hospital, Dehradun, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Indian Society of Anaesthetists, Publisher Medknow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/0019-5049.63635

PMID

20661357

PMCID

PMC2900745

Abstract

A case of acute poisoning with nitrobenzene is presented where clinical evaluation and timely management, with repeated intravenous methylene blue helped to save a life. It is important to take care of the secondary cycling of nitrobenzene from body stores in patients presenting late, after heavy exposure.

Language: en