Severe lactic acidosis from acute cyanide poisoning after intentional amygdalin ingestion in a teenager
Cyanide poisoning via the oral route is a remarkably rare entity in the United States. Though acute toxicity from this poison may present with classic signs and symptoms (smell of bitter almonds on breath and cherry-red skin), these signs are frequently not clinically observed in the intoxicated pa...
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| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Emergency Care Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/8985 |