Citation

Prieto I, Pujol I, Santiuste C, Poyo-Guerrero R, Diego A. Emerg. Med. J. 2005; 22(5): 389-390.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/emj.2004.016915

PMID

15843720

PMCID

PMC1726759

Abstract

A 30 year old woman with a history of depression and previous suicide attempts was brought to the emergency department in coma. She had injected herself with cyanide subcutaneously and had severe metabolic acidosis. She underwent sustained haemodialysis in the intensive care unit (ICU) before laboratory confirmation of cyanide poisoning. The serum cyanide concentration was 4.6 microg/ml. After 48 hours the patient, now asymptomatic, was discharged from the ICU.

Language: en

Keywords

Acute Disease; Adult; Coma; Cyanides; Female; Humans; Injections, Subcutaneous; Poisoning; Renal Dialysis; Suicide, Attempted