Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

June 2007, Volume 54, Supplement 1, pp 44101–44101 | Cite as

An unusual cause of dark blood aspiration during arterial cannulation: Intraoperative detection of sulfhemoglobinemia in a patient taking sumatriptan

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• Alana Flexman
• Alana Flexman
• Stephan Schwarz
• Giuseppe Del Vicario

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Keywords

Porphyrin Sumatriptan Compartment Syndrome Phenacetin Acetanilide 

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Authors and Affiliations

• Alana Flexman
  • 1
• Alana Flexman
  • 1
• Stephan Schwarz
  • 2
• Giuseppe Del Vicario
  • 2

1. 1.University of British ColumbiaVancouverCanada
2. 2.St Paul’s HospitalUBCCanada