title: Patient treated with antidote kit and hyperbaric oxygen survives cyanide poisoning.
abstract: A 54-year-old man deliberately drank a potassium-gold cyanide solution that contained approximately 1,650 mg of potassium cyanide. He survived after treatment with the Lilly antidote kit and hyperbaric oxygen.
authors.affiliation: Atlanta Hyperbaric Oxygen Clinic, Decatur, GA 30033.
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Goodhart
mesh_terms: D000931:Antidotes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002606:Charcoal / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009566:Nitrates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000439:Pentanols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011041:Poisoning / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy; D011190:Potassium Cyanide / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D013885:Thiosulfates / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000931:Antidotes; D002614:Chelating Agents; D009566:Nitrates; D000439:Pentanols; D013885:Thiosulfates; D002606:Charcoal; C031618:sodium nitrate; C017717:sodium thiosulfate; D011190:Potassium Cyanide; C036285:amyl nitrate