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Methylene Blue-Associated Serotonin Syndrome: A Green Encephalopathy After Parathyroidectomy
Neurocritical Care , 03/10/09
Rowley M et al. - Methylene blue, when used in patients on antidepressant drugs, may be associated with a transient encephalopathic state and serotonin syndrome. Patients on antidepressants undergoing parathyroidectomy who may receive MB infusion should be considered for alternative parathyroid gland identification or discontinuation of the antidepressants before surgery. MB-associated serotonin syndrome is an increasing and under recognized (‘green’) post-operative encephalopathy that warrants education to critical care neurologists and other physicians.
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