Antidotes for acute cyanide poisoning

Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1940-1948

  Borron, Stephen W ^a   Baud, Frederic J ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

4 dimethylaminophenol; Amyl nitrite; Antidotes; Cobinamide; Cyanides; Edetic acid (dicobalt edetate); Hydroxocobalamin; Hydroxyacetone phosphate; Poisoning; Sodium nitrite; Sodium thiosulfate; Thiosulfate sulfurtransferase

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; 4 DIMETHYLAMINOPHENOL; ANTIDOTE; BICARBONATE; COBALT EDETATE; COBINAMIDE; DIHYDROXYACETONE; HYDROXOCOBALAMIN; HYDROXYLAMINE; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; METHEMOGLOBIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PLACEBO; S METHYL METHYLTHIOSULFONATE; SODIUM NITRITE; SODIUM THIOSULFATE; SULFANEGEN; SULFUR; THIOSULFATE SULFURTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGITATION; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CHELATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBUSTION; CYANIDE POISONING; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; FACE EDEMA; HALLUCINATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMOLYSIS; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LACTIC ACIDEMIA; LARYNX EDEMA; LOCAL SKIN REACTION; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCLE CRAMP; NONHUMAN; RASH; SIDE EFFECT; SUICIDE; TACHYCARDIA; TERRORISM; THORAX PAIN; TINNITUS; VOMITING; WAR;

ACUTE DISEASE; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANTIDOTES; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CYANIDES; DRUG DISCOVERY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; POISONING; SUICIDE;

EID: 84866679055     PISSN: 13892010     EISSN: 18734316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920112802273182     Document Type: Article

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