Fatal cyanide poisoning in a child, caused by eating apricot seeds
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CASE REPORTS, cilt.12, ss.70-72, 2011 (ESCI, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 12
- Basım Tarihi: 2011
- Doi Numarası: 10.12659/ajcr.881827
- Dergi Adı: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CASE REPORTS
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.70-72
- Anahtar Kelimeler: cyanide, food, poisoning, children
- Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Background: Cyanide poisoning in children in developing countries is mainly related to ingestion of cyanogenic foods. Here, we report a fatal cyanide poisoning case that presented with sudden onset unconsciousness, seizure, and metabolic acidosis caused by apricot seed ingestion.