Efficacy of First-Line Sodium Thiosulfate Administration in a Case of Potassium Cyanide Poisoning

Diletta Sabatini¹, Andrea Giampreti², Paolo Mazzini³, Carla Caranti⁴, Antonella Valli⁵ and Maria Caterina Grassi^1*

¹Emergency Toxicology and Poison Control Centre Unit, Policlinico Umberto I -“Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

²Pavia Poison Control Centre and National Toxicology Information Centre, Toxicology Unit, IRCCS Maugeri Foundation, Pavia, Italy

³Department of Anesthesiology - Intensive Care Unit, Italy

⁴Department of Mental Health, ASL RM B, Ospedale Sandro Pertini, Rome, Italy

⁵Laboratory of Analytical Toxicology, Clinical Chemistry Service, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy

^*Corresponding Author: Maria Caterina Grassi, Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology "V. Erspamer" - Sapienza" University of Rome, School Of Medicine, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 500185 Rome, Italy, Tel: +39 335 6188151, Fax: +39 06 4450618 Email: