Citation

Fortin JL, Waroux S, Giocanti JP, Capellier G, Ruttimann M, Kowalski JJ. J. Emerg. Med. 2010; 39(3): 320-324.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.04.040

PMID

18554843

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.

Language: en

Keywords

Antidotes; Humans; Hydroxocobalamin; Male; Middle Aged; Potassium Cyanide; Suicide, Attempted; Vitamin B Complex