Episode 24- An expert talks: Methemoglobinemia
ER-Rx: An ER + ICU Podcast
English - September 24, 2020 10:00 - 17 minutes - 12.4 MBMedicine Health & Fitness pharmacy pharmacist physician resident physician assistant nurse practitioner nurse medicine emergency department emergency room Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week we discuss methemoglobinemia with Dr. KC Lee, a clinical pharmacist who recently completed her clinical toxicology/ emergency medicine fellowship.
* Note: Although rare, there has been a slight increase in hydroxychloroquine-associated methemoglobinemia in the setting of COVID
References:
Price DP, Howland MA. Methemoglobin inducers and methylene blue. Goldfrank’s Toxicologic Emergencies 9th edition: 1698-1710. McGraw-Hill; New York: 2011
Methemoglobin. Hennepin Regional Poison Center Treatment Guidelines. Minnesota Poison Control System. Accessed 9/22/2020
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