الملخص
Acquired methemoglobinaemia is a relatively rare condition and, therefore infrequently encountered in acute medical practice. Suspicion of the condition may be triggered when the measured PaO2 is ‘out of keeping’ with the oxygen saturations that are discovered with pulse oximetry. We describe two separate cases of acquired methemoglobinaemia secondary to the recreational use of alkyl nitrites (’poppers’). The patients presented at separate times to two different teaching hospitals in London, UK. The similarity of these cases has led the authors to conclude that a raised awareness of this potentially fatal condition, and its association with a widely-available recreational drug, is necessary to ensure a correct and timely diagnosis.
بيانات النشر
- المعرّف الرقمي
- 10.18295/2075-0528.1371
- المجلة
- مجلة جامعة السلطان قابوس الطبية, 12(2), 237-241
- الناشر
- جامعة السلطان قابوس
- وصول مفتوح
- وصول مفتوح ذهبي
- الترخيص
- CC BY-ND 4.0
اقتبس هذه المقالة
APA 7
Al Lawati, A., & Murch, N. (2025). Acquired Methemoglobinaemia. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 12(2), 237-241. https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.1371
MLA 9
Al Lawati, Adil, and Nick Murch. "Acquired Methemoglobinaemia." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 12, no. 2, 2025, pp. 237-241. https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.1371.
شيكاغو (المؤلف–التاريخ)
Al Lawati, Adil, and Nick Murch. 2025. "Acquired Methemoglobinaemia." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal 12 (2): 237-241. https://doi.org/10.18295/2075-0528.1371.
هارفارد
Al Lawati, A. and Murch, N. (2025) 'Acquired Methemoglobinaemia', Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 12(2), pp. 237-241. doi:10.18295/2075-0528.1371.
فانكوفر
Al Lawati A, Murch N. Acquired Methemoglobinaemia. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2025;12(2):237-241. doi:10.18295/2075-0528.1371
IEEE
A. Al Lawati, and N. Murch, "Acquired Methemoglobinaemia," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 237-241, 2025, doi: 10.18295/2075-0528.1371.