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Onset of symptoms usually occurs within a few minutes. This phase may then be followed by seizures slow heart rate low blood pressure loss of consciousness and cardiac arrest.
Cyanide poisoning is poisoning that results from exposure to any of a number of forms of cyanide.
Histotoxic hypoxia nitroprusside. Cyanide poisoning is poisoning that results from exposure to any of a number of forms of cyanide. Early symptoms include headache dizziness fast heart rate shortness of breath and vomiting. This phase may then be followed by seizures slow heart rate low blood pressure loss of consciousness and cardiac arrest.
Onset of symptoms usually occurs within a few minutes. The antihypertensive agent sodium nitroprusside can release up to five cyanide groups during its metabolism. The net effect is a histotoxic tissue hypoxia.
In dogs whole blood cyanide levels may be four or five times greater than serum levels because of the concentration of cyanide in erythrocytes. The elimination half-life T ½ in dogs is 19 hours. The toxic step defining acute.