1. Cyanide poisoning in Taiwan.
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Hung, Dong-Zong, Tsan, Yu-Tse, Yu, Yi-Jung, and Hsu, Chia-Lung
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CYANIDES , *POISONING , *NON-alcoholic beverages , *INTUBATION - Abstract
The article describes a cyanide poisoning case in Taiwan involving a 32-year-old woman. The woman lost consciousness after drinking a non-alcoholic beverage and was transported to a hospital, where she was intubated. The blood gas measurements of the woman before and after intubation were cited. She was given intravenous hydroxocobalamine and she showed signs of improvement 2-3 minutes after. She was discharged from the hospital after 10 days.
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- 2009
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