Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute

Incidental perioperative detection of congenital methemoglobinemia: A prospective case series from a South Indian referral centre

Background Congenital methemoglobinemia is a rare inherited disorder caused by impaired reduction of methemoglobin to functional hemoglobin, resulting in functional hypoxia despite normal arterial oxygen tension. Due to its often-mild clinical phenotype, diagnosis is frequently d...