Potentially harmful levels of methemoglobin, which can build in patients receiving certain anesthetics, can be detected using a new, non-invasive monitoring technique called pulse CO-oximetry, ...

One-third of infants with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) do not respond to inhaled nitric oxide (iNO). If iNO is not delivered to the pulmonary vasculature because of ...

Methemoglobinemia is a rare condition where red blood cells can't carry oxygen well. Symptoms can be mild to severe, and treatments include methylene blue and vitamin C infusions. Congenital and ...

A previously healthy 52-year-old Asian woman presented to the emergency department after a syncopal episode. She appeared grey and cyanotic. At 65% fraction of inspired oxygen, pulse oximetry showed ...

THE several rare familial disorders constituting the "congenital methemoglobinemias" arise from either of two kinds of inborn errors of metabolism. One kind, accounting for the hemoglobin-M group, ...

FDA LOGO BLUE The Agency is urging manufacturers to stop marketing OTC oral drug products containing benzocaine for teething to this patient population. Over-the-counter (OTC) oral products containing ...

Six American soldiers were evacuated from Vietnam because they became cyanotic while taking antimalarial drugs. Investigations of these and two additional subjects revealed a markedly decreased ...

The history of the Fugates, a family affected by a strange genetic disorder, has resurfaced online this week, leaving many wondering if blue skin is scientifically possible.The Fugates were a family ...

A report published in the New England Journal of Medicine describes the case of a 25-year-old woman who developed methemoglobinemia following the use of topical benzocaine. According to clinicians ...

Potentially harmful levels of methemoglobin, which can build in patients receiving certain anesthetics, can be detected using a new, non-invasive monitoring technique called pulse CO-oximetry, ...