Acute cyanide poisoning due to apricot kernel ingestion
Mehmet Tatli, Gokhan Eyupoglu, Hilal Hocagil
article (Uluslararası, Hakemli) | Yazar(lar): Mehmet Tatli, Gokhan Eyupoglu, Hilal Hocagil | Yıl: 2017 | Dergi/Kurum: JOURNAL OF ACUTE DISEASE | İndeks: WOS.ESCI | DOI: 10.12980/jad.6.2017jadweb-2016-0075 | Anahtar Kelimeler: Apricot, Cyanide, Toxication, Dicobalt edetate — Özet: Cyanide is a toxin and one of the most
Cyanide is a toxin and one of the most rapidly acting fatal poisons that human being is aware. If it is not treated promptly, encountering to cyanide poison will lead to die in minutes. Cyanide avoids cellular oxygen usage by inactivating mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase thus inhibits cellular respiration. In this case, we represent a case report describing uncommon cyanide intoxication owing to consumption of a few portion of apricot kernels and its rapid treatment with dicobalt edetate after suspection of cyanide poisoning.