Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, South Hill, USA.
Department of Forensic Medicine, Lumbini Medical College, Palpa, Nepal.
Med Leg J. 2022 Jun;90(2):79-80. doi: 10.1177/0025817221998119. Epub 2021 Apr 28.
Sodium nitrite is a common household product with a variety of uses such as curing meat, food additive, colouring agent, anti-freezing agent and disinfectant. We report a case of sodium nitrite intoxication for deliberate self-harm and discuss the increasing number of such cases in recent times.
亚硝酸钠是一种常见的家用产品,用途广泛,如腌制肉类、食品添加剂、着色剂、防冻剂和消毒剂。我们报告了一起亚硝酸钠中毒的故意自残案例,并讨论了近年来此类案例不断增加的情况。