Cyanide


Epidemiology


Exposures

Fire/Smoke Inhalation (see Smoke Inhalation, [[Smoke Inhalation]])

Industrial Exposure

Routes of Absorption

Sources

Medical Administration

Sources

Dietary Ingestion

Sources

Other

Sources


Physiology

Nitroprusside Intoxication


Diagnosis

Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) (see Arterial Blood Gas, [[Arterial Blood Gas]])

Serum Lactate (see Serum Lactate, [[Serum Lactate]])

Serum Cyanide Level (see Serum Cyanide, [[Serum Cyanide]])

Swan-Ganz (Pulmonary Artery) Catheterization (see Swan-Ganz Catheter, [[Swan-Ganz Catheter]])


Clinical Manifestations

General Comments

Cardiovascular Manifestations

Gastrointestinal Manifestations

Bitter Almond Odor on Breath

Burning Sensation in Mouth and Throat

Nausea/Vomiting (see Nausea and Vomiting, [[Nausea and Vomiting]])

Neurologic Manifestations

Pulmonary Manifestations

Other Manifestations


Treatment

Lilly Cyanide Antidote Kit

(may need to treat before levels are available)

GI Decontamination

Oxygen (100%)

Hyperbaric Oxygen

Cyanocobolamin

Methylene Blue


References