CASE REPORT
1,4-diaminobenzene and diphenylamine-induced severe methemoglobinaemia treated by hyperbaric oxygen therapy – Case report
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Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe / Polish Medical Air Rescue, Wrocław, Poland
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Mazowieckie Centrum Terapii Hiperbarycznej / Mazovian Centre of Hyperbaric Therapy, Warszawa, Poland
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Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe / Polish Medical Air Rescue, Warszawa, Poland
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Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny / Medical University of Warsaw, Warszawa, Poland
(Zakład Ratownictwa Medycznego / Department of Emergency Medical Services)
Online publication date: 2018-05-10
Corresponding author
Tomasz Janus
Lotnicze Pogotowie Ratunkowe,
ul. Księżycowa 5, 01-934 Warszawa
Med Pr Work Health Saf. 2018;69(3):345-50
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Methemoglobin is an oxidized form of hemoglobin that is not capable of carrying oxygen. Exposure to exogenous oxidizing
agents can cause severe methemoglobinemia and subsequent hypoxia. This article presents the rare case of a 23-year old patient
with methemoglobinemia of 54.2% of total hemoglobin, induced by workplace exposure to 1,4-diaminobenzene and diphenylamine.
Following the hyperbaric oxygen therapy the patient was discharged in good general condition and referred to a district
hospital for observation. Med Pr 2018;69(3):345–350