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One additional bedside methods exists for detection of methemoglobin in the blood. | |||
It consist of placing couple of drops of blood on white filter paper, and check for change in the color of the blood when you expose the paper to oxygen. Simply deoxygenated hemoglobin will change its color from dark red to bright red, whereas methemoglobin will not. <ref>{{ Ann Emerg Med. 2010 Feb;55(2):184-9. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.07.022. Epub 2009 Oct 8. | |||
A simple quantitative bedside test to determine methemoglobin. | |||
Shihana F1, Dissanayake DM, Buckley NA, Dawson AH. pmid=19818531 }}</ref> | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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Overview
Congenital (Hereditary) Methemoglobinemia
There are three main congenital conditions that lead to methemoglobinemia:
1. Cytochrome b5 reductase deficiency and pyruvate kinase deficiency
2. G6PD deficiency
3. Presence of abnormal hemoglobin.
Acquired or Acute Methemoglobinemia
Most common cause include different oxidant drugs, toxins or chemicals
Other diagnostic studies
One additional bedside methods exists for detection of methemoglobin in the blood.
It consist of placing couple of drops of blood on white filter paper, and check for change in the color of the blood when you expose the paper to oxygen. Simply deoxygenated hemoglobin will change its color from dark red to bright red, whereas methemoglobin will not. [1]
- ↑ {{ Ann Emerg Med. 2010 Feb;55(2):184-9. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.07.022. Epub 2009 Oct 8. A simple quantitative bedside test to determine methemoglobin. Shihana F1, Dissanayake DM, Buckley NA, Dawson AH. pmid=19818531 }}