Dear Editor,
I read the case report of cocaine induced methemoglobinemia¹ in the recent edition of the acute medicine journal with interest.
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- Bradberry SM. Occupational methemoglobinemia. Mechanisms of production, features, diagnosis and management including the use of methylene blue. Toxicol Rev 2003; 22: 13–27.
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- Jansen T, Barnung S, Mortensen CR, Jansen EC. Isobutyl-nitriteinduced methemoglobinemia; treatment with an exchange blood transfusion during hyperbaric oxygenation. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2003; 47: 1300–1.
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