Which cyanide antidote? Which cyanide antidote? Hall et al.

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 541-552

  Hall, Alan H ^a,b   Saiers, Jane ^c   Baud, Frédéric ^d  

^a Toxicology Consulting and Medical Translating Services Inc   (United States)

^b Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^c WriteMedicine Inc   (United States)

^d ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Antidote; Cyanide; Poisoning; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

4 DIMETHYLAMINOPHENOL; AMYL NITRITE; ANTIDOTE; COBALT EDETATE; CYANIDE; CYANOKIT; GLUCOSE; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN; OXYGEN; SODIUM NITRITE; SODIUM THIOSULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ANAPHYLAXIS; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL STUDY; CYANIDE POISONING; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FACE EDEMA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INJECTION SITE BURNING; INJECTION SITE NECROSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER FAILURE; METHEMOGLOBINEMIA; MUSCLE CRAMP; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; POLYNEUROPATHY; RETICULOCYTOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SHOCK; TACHYPNEA; THERAPY EFFECT; THORAX PAIN; URTICARIA; VOMITING; ANIMAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRORISM;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIDOTES; CYANIDES; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERRORISM;

EID: 70350496223     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408440802304944     Document Type: Review

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