Prehospital administration of hydroxocobalamin for smoke inhalation-associated cyanide poisoning: 8 Years of experience in the Paris Fire Brigade

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 37-44

  Fortin, Jean Luc ^a,d   Giocanti, Jean Pascal ^b   Ruttimann, Michel ^c   Kowalski, Jean Jacques ^c  

^a Military Hospital Legouest   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

^c Emergency Medical Service   (France)

^d Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology   (France)

Author keywords

Antidote; Cyanide; Fire; Hydroxocobalamin; Inhalation; Smoke

Indexed keywords

CYANOKIT; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANIDE POISONING; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FIRE; FRANCE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARREST; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INHALATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SMOKE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URINE COLOR; VICTIM;

ADULT; ANTIDOTES; CYANIDES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FIRES; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEART ARREST; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIS; POISONING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKE INHALATION INJURY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748987893     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650600811870     Document Type: Article

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