Sodium Nitrite and Sodium Thiosulfate Are Effective Against Acute Cyanide Poisoning When Administered by Intramuscular Injection.
Sodium Nitrite and Sodium Thiosulfate Are Effective Against Acute Cyanide Poisoning When Administered by Intramuscular Injection.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.09.034
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发表时间:
2017-06
影响因子:
6.2
通讯作者:
Boss GR
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作者:
Bebarta VS;Brittain M;Chan A;Garrett N;Yoon D;Burney T;Mukai D;Babin M;Pilz RB;Mahon SB;Brenner M;Boss GR
The two antidotes for acute cyanide poisoning in the United States must be given by intravenous injection. In the pre-hospital setting, intravenous injection is not practical, particularly for mass casualties, and intramuscular injection would be preferred. The purpose of this study was to determine if sodium nitrite and sodium thiosulfate are effective cyanide antidotes when given by intramuscular injection. We used a randomized, non-blinded, parallel group study design in three mammalian models: cyanide gas inhalation in mice, with treatment post exposure; intravenous sodium cyanide infusion in rabbits, with severe hypotension as the trigger for treatment; and intravenous potassium cyanide infusion in pigs, with apnea as the trigger for treatment. The drugs were administered by intramuscular injection, and all three models were lethal in the absence of therapy. We found that sodium nitrite and sodium thiosulfate individually rescued 100% of the mice, and that the combination of the two drugs rescued 73% of the rabbits and 80% of the pigs. In all three species, survival in treated animals was significantly better than in control animals (log rank test, p < 0.05). In the pigs, the drugs attenuated a rise in the plasma lactate concentration within five minutes post-antidote injection (difference: plasma lactate, saline-versus nitrite-thiosulfate-treated 1.76 [95% confidence interval 1.25-2.27]). We conclude that sodium nitrite and sodium thiosulfate given by intramuscular injection are effective against severe cyanide poisoning in three clinically relevant animal models of prehospital emergency care.