PAEDIATRIC ANAESTHESIA AND CRITICAL CARE / LETTER TO EDITOR
Severe methemoglobinemia resulting from intentional sodium hypochlorite poisoning in a 13-year-old girl hospitalized in the intensive care unit: a case report
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Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, University Children’s Hospital of Krakow, Poland
Submission date: 2025-06-05
Final revision date: 2026-01-30
Acceptance date: 2026-02-16
Publication date: 2026-04-08
Corresponding author
Magdalena Mazur
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, University Children’s Hospital of Krakow, 265 Wielicka St., 30-663 Krakow, Poland
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, University Children’s Hospital of Krakow, 265 Wielicka St., 30-663 Krakow, Poland
Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther 2026;58(1):66-70
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