Nitrobenzene poisoning presenting as Methemoglobinemia

Consumption of toxic compounds in an attempt to commit suicide is very common. Organophosphorus compounds are the most commonly consumed and fatal poisons. Nitrobenzene consumption for suicidal purposes is very rare. We would like to report a case of acute poisoning with nitrobenzene leading to meth...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Amit A Bharadiya (Author), Akshay N Lakhotia (Author), Aparna Patange (Author), Jyotsna B Jaju (Author), Kushal Choraria (Author)
Format: Book
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to this object online.
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

MARC

LEADER 00000 am a22000003u 4500
001 doaj_7fb53fccf6ac40b7a30f5eeed1b8593b
042 |a dc 
100 1 0 |a Amit A Bharadiya  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Akshay N Lakhotia  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Aparna Patange  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Jyotsna B Jaju  |e author 
700 1 0 |a Kushal Choraria  |e author 
245 0 0 |a Nitrobenzene poisoning presenting as Methemoglobinemia 
260 |b Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications,   |c 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z. 
500 |a 0975-9727 
500 |a 10.4103/0975-9727.135774 
520 |a Consumption of toxic compounds in an attempt to commit suicide is very common. Organophosphorus compounds are the most commonly consumed and fatal poisons. Nitrobenzene consumption for suicidal purposes is very rare. We would like to report a case of acute poisoning with nitrobenzene leading to methemoglobinemia, an unusual presentation. 
546 |a EN 
690 |a Methemoglobinemia 
690 |a nitrobenzene 
690 |a poisoning 
690 |a Nursing 
690 |a RT1-120 
690 |a Homeopathy 
690 |a RX1-681 
655 7 |a article  |2 local 
786 0 |n Muller Journal of Medical Sciences and Research, Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp 185-187 (2014) 
787 0 |n http://www.mjmsr.net/article.asp?issn=0975-9727;year=2014;volume=5;issue=2;spage=185;epage=187;aulast=Bharadiya 
787 0 |n https://doaj.org/toc/0975-9727 
856 4 1 |u https://doaj.org/article/7fb53fccf6ac40b7a30f5eeed1b8593b  |z Connect to this object online.