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Suicidal sodium azide ingestion

1987; Elsevier BV; Volume: 16; Issue: 12 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0196-0644(87)80423-7

ISSN

1097-6760

Autores

Jonathan Abrams, Rif S. El‐Mallakh, Robert G. Meyer,

Tópico(s)

Restraint-Related Deaths

Resumo

Sodium azide (NaN3) is a highly reactive, toxic, widely used chemical. Although industrial exposure is common, fatal ingestion is rare. We describe the case of a 30-year-old man who ingested 15 to 20 g of sodium azide. He became comatose within two hours and eventually expired from a combination of acidosis, respiratory depression, and ventricular fibrillation. In sufficient doses, sodium azide is rapidly fatal and there is no effective treatment.

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