Autointoxication with 'suicide powder' - Workum JD, Bisschops LLA, van den Berg MJW.

We present two patients who were treated for an intentional overdose of sodium nitrite. When ingested sodium nitrite leads to severe methaemoglobinaemia, resulting in severe hypoxia (as methaemoglobin does not transport oxygen), vasodilation and hypotensio...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Poisoning Source Type: news