Engelsk titel: Congenital methaemoglobinaemia: an infrequent cause of neonatal cyanosis
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Författare:
Smith B
;
Pryds OA
;
Christensen E
;
Lund AM
Email: birgitte_smith@dadlnet.dk
Språk: Dan
Antal referenser: 5
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UI-nummer: 08081777
Sammanfattning
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.