Acute cyanide poisoning by subcutaneous injection

Sodium Nitrite and Sodium Thiosulfate Are Effective Against Acute Cyanide Poisoning When Administered by Intramuscular Injection.

STUDY OBJECTIVE The 2 antidotes for acute cyanide poisoning in the United States must be administered by intravenous injection. In the out-of-hospital setting, intravenous injection is not practical, particularly for mass casualties, and intramuscular injection would be preferred. The purpose of this study is to determine whether sodium nitrite and sodium thiosulfate are effective cyanide antid...

Hydroxocobalamin for severe acute cyanide poisoning by ingestion or inhalation.

This chart review was undertaken to assess efficacy and safety of hydroxocobalamin for acute cyanide poisoning. Hospital records of the Fernand Widal and Lariboisière Hospitals were reviewed for intensive care unit admissions with cyanide poisoning for which hydroxocobalamin was used as first-line treatment from 1988 to 2003. Smoke inhalation cases were excluded. Hydroxocobalamin (5-20 g) was a...

Recognition and treatment of acute cyanide poisoning.

Acute cyanide poisoning among jewelry and textile industry workers.

Limited work has focused on occupational exposures that may increase the risk of cyanide poisoning by ingestion. A retrospective chart review of all admissions for acute cyanide poisoning by ingestion for the years 1988 to 2008 was conducted in a tertiary university hospital serving the largest population in the country working in jewelry and textile facilities. Of the 9 patients admitted to th...

Two Cases of Poisoning by Opium Successfully Treated by Subcutaneous Injection of Atropine

a grain of the salt, however, were alternately found to neutralize about forty grains of opium. In the second case the symptoms were serious, and, considering the tender ago of the patient and the quantity taken, the result was at first doubtful; but in this case one-fiftieth of a grain of the sale saved the life of the patient. Case I.?On the morning of the 27th September 1873, at 9 a.m., I wa...