Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 2 , Pages 184-189 , February 2010

A Simple Quantitative Bedside Test to Determine Methemoglobin

  • Fathima Shihana, BSc

      Affiliations

    • South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
    • Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Fathima Shihana, BSc, South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka; 94-081-4479822, fax 94-081-4479822
    • ,
  • Dhammika Menike Dissanayake, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
    • Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
    • ,
  • Nicholas Allan Buckley, MD, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
    • The POW Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Andrew Hamilton Dawson, FRACP, FRCP

      Affiliations

    • South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
    • School of Population Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia

Received 30 March 2009 ,Revised 9 June 2009 ,Accepted 22 July 2009.

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 Supervising editor: Richard C. Dart, MD, PhD

 Author contributions: FS wrote the first draft of the article, performed all laboratory analyses, analyzed the data, had access to all the data in the study, and had final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication. DMD and AHD designed and set up the study. NAB contributed ideas to design the study. NAB and AHD provided statistical advice on study design. All authors had a role in improving the study design and in reviewing and editing the final version of the article. FS takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. This study was supported by the South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration, which is funded by The Wellcome Trust/National Health and Medical Research Council International Collaborative Research Grant GR071669MA. The funding bodies had no role in analyzing or interpreting the data or writing the article.

 Publication date: Available online October 8, 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.07.022

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 55, Issue 2 , Pages 184-189 , February 2010

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