Journal of Probiotics & Health
Open Access
ISSN: 2329-8901
ISSN: 2329-8901
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Command Hospital Southern Command, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Case Report
Anesthetic Concerns of Patient Planned for Urgent Surgery with Incidental Diagnosis of
Methemoglobinemia in Hansen’s Disease: A Case Report
Author(s): Sudarshan Naik*, Abhilash Jaiswal, Manish Agarwal and Akhil Goel
The methemoglobinemia is rare clinical condition to encounter during perioperative period.
However, methemoglobinemia diagnosis should be considered with patients presenting complaints of cyanosis and
hypoxia or low SpO2 (On pulse oximeter) which is unrelated to cardiopulmonary causes. Patient who was
known case of Hansen’s disease on multi drug therapy planned for ulnar nerve decompression had low saturation
even on providing oxygen therapy which on evaluation found to be drug induced methemoglobinemia. Plan and
mode of anesthesia preference for consideration of any type of surgery with methemoglobinemia needs to be
evaluated thoroughly as it being a rare disease... View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2155-6148.22.13.1078