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Emergency Treatment with Intravenous Infusion of Methylene Blue Followed by Oral Administration in a Cat Presented with Severe Recurrent Methemoglobinemia by Lara Brunori; Neus Elias Santo‐Domingo; Emma Donnelly; Serena Bassolino; Daniel Lewis is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Emergency Treatment with Intravenous Infusion of Methylene Blue Followed by Oral Administration in a Cat Presented with Severe Recurrent Methemoglobinemia about?
Objective: To describe the use of IV infusion followed by oral administration of methylene blue (MB) to successfully treat recurrent methemoglobinemia (MetHb) in a young cat.Case Summary: A 6-month-old male Ragdoll cat presented with recurrent episodes of severe MetHb and was successfully managed with IV infusion of MB followed by a course of oral MB. Although the definitive cause of the patient's MetHb remains unknown, the cat made a full recovery following treatment without developing any significant side effects secondary to therapy and at the time of writing not had any further recurrences. Follow-up at 6 months found the patient in good health and without any long-term consequences.New Information Provided: To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of a cat presented with severe MetHb quantitatively assessed via co-oximetry and successfully treated with both IV and oral administration of MB.
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- Author
- Lara Brunori; Neus Elias Santo‐Domingo; Emma Donnelly; Serena Bassolino; Daniel Lewis
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)