TY - JOUR PY - 2010// TI - Acute methaemoglobinaemia due to ingestion of nitrobenzene (paint solvent) JO - Indian journal of anaesthesia A1 - Saxena, Hema A1 - Prakash Saxena, Anand SP - 160 EP - 162 VL - 54 IS - 2 N2 - 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.

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LA - en SN - 0019-5049 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5049.63635 ID - ref1 ER -