title: [Assessment of exposure to hydrogen cyanide in fire fatalities in the aspects of endogenous hydrogen cyanide production as a result of putrefaction processes in the deceased].
abstract: On account of endogenous hydrogen cyanide (HCN) production in the deceased, it is not easy to assess exposure to HCN in people who died in fire involving closed rooms (flats, garages, cellars, etc). In the paper, the authors present the results of blood determinations of hydrogen cyanide in fatalities of explosions and fires occurring in coal-mines, as well as fires in closed rooms. It has been demonstrated that the time of exposure to a high temperature and the temperature itself hamper autolysis processes that lead to production of endogenous HCN in fire fatalities.
authors: Z Katedry i Zakładu Medycyny Sadowej i Toksykologii Sadowo-Lekarskiej, Slaskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Katowicach, Katowice. tgrabowska@sum.edu.pl
authors: Teresa
authors: T
authors: Grabowska
authors: Joanna
authors: J
authors: Nowicka
authors: Joanna
authors: J
authors: Kulikowska
authors: Stanisława
authors: S
authors: Kabiesz-Neniczka
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000401:mortality*; D001344:Autopsy; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000097:blood / Q000401:mortality*; D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin / Q000032:analysis*; D005107:Explosions; D005390:Fires; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D006856:Hydrogen Cyanide / Q000097:blood* / Q000506:poisoning*; D011044:Poland
chemical_list: D006856:Hydrogen Cyanide; D002263:Carboxyhemoglobin