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Prehospital Emergency Care Volume 26, 2022 - Issue 3
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Life-Threatening Cyanide Intoxication after Ingestion of Amygdalin in Prehospital Care

Patrik CmorejCorrespondence[email protected]
ORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3046-2970
, PhDORCID Icon,
Petr Bruthans
, DiS,
Jaroslav Halamka
, MD,
Irena Voriskova
, MD &
David Peran
, PhDrORCID Icon
Pages 455-458 | Received 18 Mar 2021, Accepted 27 Apr 2021, Published online: 25 May 2021
 
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Abstract

Amygdalin is originally a natural cyanogenic glycoside available as a dietary supplement used in the alternative treatment of cancer patients. Amygdalin hydroxylates to toxic cyanide in the body, which can cause life-threatening intoxication. The case report presents a 72-year-old patient with life-threatening cyanide poisoning after ingesting a dietary supplement containing amygdalin identified in prehospital care, which was successfully treated with hydroxocobalamin.

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