The basic and applied toxicology of cyanides and cyanogens has widespread commercial, occupational, environmental, clinical, forensic, military, and public health implications. This book provides a detailed and updated reference describing the properties, uses, general and human toxicology, clinical recognition, diagnosis and medical management, and countermeasures is therefore required in academic, medical, occupational, environmental, medico-legal, regulatory, emergency response, and military arenas. Edited by a world-renowned team of experts from academia, defense and industry, this book will be an invaluable reference for professionals, researchers and students in cyanide and cyanogens.

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Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Contributors
Foreword
Chapter 1 Acute cyanide toxicity
Chapter 2 Chronic cyanide exposure
Chapter 3 Physicochemical properties, synthesis, applications, and transport
Chapter 4 Cyanide metabolism and physiological disposition
Chapter 5 Biochemical mechanisms of cyanide toxicity
Chapter 6 Environmental toxicology of cyanide
Chapter 7 Cyanide in the production of long-term adverse health effects in humans
Chapter 8 Pediatric cyanide poisoning
Chapter 9 Sodium nitroprusside in intensive care medicine and issues of cyanide poisoning, cyanide poisoning prophylaxis, and hiocyanate poisoning
Chapter 10 Smoke inhalation
Chapter 11 Occupational exposure to cyanide
Chapter 12 Cyanogenic aliphatic nitriles
Chapter 13 The special case of acrylonitrile (CH2=CH-C≡N)
Chapter 14 Cyanide in chemical warfare and terrorism
Chapter 15 Cyanide-induced neural dysfunction and neurodegeneration
Chapter 16 Cyanides and cardiotoxicity
Chapter 17 Respiratory effects of cyanide
Chapter 18 The analysis of cyanide in biological samples
Chapter 19 Postmortem pathological and biochemical diagnosis of cyanide poisoning
Chapter 20 Medicolegal and forensic factors in cyanide poisoning
Chapter 21 Brief overview of mechanisms of cyanide antagonism and cyanide antidotes in current clinical use
Chapter 22 Cyanide antidotes in clinical use: 4-dimethylaminophenol (4-DMAP)
Chapter 23 Cyanide antidotes in clinical use: dicobalt EDTA (Kelocyanor®)
Chapter 24 Amyl nitrite, sodium nitrite, and sodium thiosulfate
Chapter 25 Cyanide antidotes in current clinical use: hydroxocobalamin
Chapter 26 Cyanide antidotes in development and new methods to monitor cyanide toxicity
Chapter 27 Recent perspectives on alpha-ketoglutarate
Chapter 28 Azide poisonings
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