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abstractpubmed· Abstract 2020· item PMID:32579876

Methemoglobinemia in Patient with G6PD Deficiency and SARS-CoV-2 Infection. We report a case of intravascular hemolysis and methemoglobinemia, precipitated by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection, in a patient with undiagnosed glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. Clinicians should be aware of this complication of coronavirus disease as a cause of error in pulse oximetry and a potential risk for drug-induced hemolysis.