REBOUND SEVERE METHEMOGLOBINEMIA FROM INGESTION OF A NITROETHANE ARTIFICIAL-FINGERNAIL REMOVER

Authors
OSTERHOUDT KC WILEY CC DUDLEY R SHEEN S HENRETIG FM
Citation
Kc. Osterhoudt et al., REBOUND SEVERE METHEMOGLOBINEMIA FROM INGESTION OF A NITROETHANE ARTIFICIAL-FINGERNAIL REMOVER, The Journal of pediatrics, 126(5), 1995, pp. 819-821
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
126
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Part
1
Pages
819 - 821
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1995)126:5<819:RSMFIO>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We describe life-threatening methemoglobinemia in a child who ingested a nitroethane artificial-fingernail remover initially mistaken to be an acetone-based polish remover, Nitroethane-induced methemoglobinemia may be delayed and recurrent; patients ingesting this substance may w arrant close observation for at least 24 hours, Care givers are cautio ned to determine the precise substance involved in ingestions of poten tially toxic fingernail products.