Maione M, Fabbrini G P, Mazzi C, Nannicini P, Grassi P
Servizio di Anestesia e Rianimazione, USL n. 21, Regione Toscana.
Minerva Anestesiol. 1990 Dec;56(12):1473-4.
The paper reports the case of a young male which was severely poisoned by anilyne shoe black. After a few hours, he was in a semicomatose state, accompanied by "very dark" arterial blood gases with oxygen tension in excess of 100 mmHg. Following the administration of intravenous methylene blue (2 mg/kg), methemoglobin was reduced to hemoglobin and the level of consciousness immediately improved.
