title: Pulmonary edema following intrauterine methylene blue injection.
abstract: Methylene blue is a commonly used dye in diagnostic procedures such as fistula detection, delineation of body tissues during surgery and for checking the patency of fallopian tubes. Many such dyes interfere with accurate measurement of oxygen saturation by a pulse oximeter. We report here a case in which methylene blue hot only interfered with pulse oximetery but also caused pulmonary edema in an ASA grade 1 patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trikha
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mohan
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kashyap
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saxena
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000328:Adult; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D005186:Fallopian Tube Patency Tests / Q000009:adverse effects; D005187:Fallopian Tubes / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility / Q000175:diagnosis; D007267:Injections; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008751:Methylene Blue / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000139:chemically induced*; D014599:Uterus / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D008751:Methylene Blue