Cyanide poisoning in inhalation injuries

Cyanide gas forms during the combustion of synthetic polymers and should be considered in patients presenting with inhalation injuries. A persistently high lactate following adequate resuscitation may be an indicator of cyanide exposure. As cyanide poisoning can be rapidly fatal, prompt recognition...

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Autores principales: Kennedy, Sharon, Cahill, Kevin C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Clinical Images
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7752375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33363981
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3099
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description Cyanide gas forms during the combustion of synthetic polymers and should be considered in patients presenting with inhalation injuries. A persistently high lactate following adequate resuscitation may be an indicator of cyanide exposure. As cyanide poisoning can be rapidly fatal, prompt recognition and treatment of this condition is vital.
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spelling pubmed-77523752020-12-23 Cyanide poisoning in inhalation injuries Kennedy, Sharon Cahill, Kevin C. Clin Case Rep Clinical Images Cyanide gas forms during the combustion of synthetic polymers and should be considered in patients presenting with inhalation injuries. A persistently high lactate following adequate resuscitation may be an indicator of cyanide exposure. As cyanide poisoning can be rapidly fatal, prompt recognition and treatment of this condition is vital. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-08-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7752375/ /pubmed/33363981 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3099 Text en © 2020 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7752375/
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