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Case Reports
. 2010 Sep;39(3):320-4.
doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.04.040. Epub 2008 Jun 13.

Hydroxocobalamin for poisoning caused by ingestion of potassium cyanide: a case study

Jean-Luc Fortin  1 , Stanislas Waroux, J P Giocanti, Gilles Capellier, Michel Ruttimann, Jean-Jacques Kowalski
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Hydroxocobalamin for poisoning caused by ingestion of potassium cyanide: a case study

Jean-Luc Fortin et al. J Emerg Med. 2010 Sep.

Abstract

Hydroxocobalamin, a precursor of vitamin B12, has a history of use in the prehospital setting in France for cyanide poisoning, particularly that associated with smoke inhalation. Because cyanide poisoning by ingestion is less common than smoke inhalation-associated cyanide poisoning, less information is available on prehospital use of hydroxocobalamin to treat cyanide poisoning by ingestion. This report describes a case of prehospital use of hydroxocobalamin for poisoning by ingestion of cyanide. The case supports the efficacy of hydroxocobalamin for acute cyanide poisoning caused by ingestion of a cyanide salt. No adverse events attributed to hydroxocobalamin were observed.

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