Abstract
We present a case study of a newborn girl with a reduced erythrocytic nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH)-dependent methaemoglobin reductase level. Within the first days of life she developed cyanosis due to a methaemoglobin level of 21%. The hyperoxia test was characteristic, with normal increases in blood oxygen tension, whereas the oxygen saturation remained constant at 92%. Over the next months the methaemoglobin level decreased to 10%, and the girl did well without treatment.
Udgivelsesdato: 2008-Aug-11
Udgivelsesdato: 2008-Aug-11
Bidragets oversatte titel | Congenital methaemoglobinaemia: an infrequent cause of neonatal cyanosis |
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Originalsprog | Dansk |
Tidsskrift | Ugeskr Laeger |
Vol/bind | 170 |
Udgave nummer | 33 |
Sider (fra-til) | 2460 |
Status | Udgivet - 2008 |