A 32-Year-Old Female with AIDS, Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia, and Methemoglobinemia
We report a case of methemoglobinemia with significant hemoglobin desaturation in a young female with AIDS who was being treated for Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia. A review of the etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment of methemoglobinemia is presented.
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| description | We report a case of methemoglobinemia with significant hemoglobin desaturation in a young female with AIDS who was being treated for Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia. A review of the etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment of methemoglobinemia is presented. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-59d03fa12f2d458c9a9c09bd615f3d2e2025-08-20T02:05:35ZengWileyCase Reports in Critical Care2090-64202090-64392013-01-01201310.1155/2013/980589980589A 32-Year-Old Female with AIDS, Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia, and MethemoglobinemiaGuillermo J. Giangreco0Dean Campbell1Mark J. Cowan2Baltimore-Washington Medical Center, Glen Burnie, MD 21061, USAUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USAUniversity of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USAWe report a case of methemoglobinemia with significant hemoglobin desaturation in a young female with AIDS who was being treated for Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia. A review of the etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment of methemoglobinemia is presented.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/980589 |
| spellingShingle | Guillermo J. Giangreco Dean Campbell Mark J. Cowan A 32-Year-Old Female with AIDS, Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia, and Methemoglobinemia Case Reports in Critical Care |
| title | A 32-Year-Old Female with AIDS, Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia, and Methemoglobinemia |
| title_full | A 32-Year-Old Female with AIDS, Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia, and Methemoglobinemia |
| title_fullStr | A 32-Year-Old Female with AIDS, Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia, and Methemoglobinemia |
| title_full_unstemmed | A 32-Year-Old Female with AIDS, Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia, and Methemoglobinemia |
| title_short | A 32-Year-Old Female with AIDS, Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia, and Methemoglobinemia |
| title_sort | 32 year old female with aids pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia and methemoglobinemia |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/980589 |
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