• Teresa Grabowska, Joanna Nowicka, Joanna Kulikowska, and Stanisława Kabiesz-Neniczka.
• Z Katedry i Zakładu Medycyny Sadowej i Toksykologii Sadowo-Lekarskiej, Slaskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Katowicach, Katowice. tgrabowska@sum.edu.pl
• Arch Med Sadowej Kryminol. 2011 Jan 1; 61 (1): 47-50.

AbstractOn account of endogenous hydrogen cyanide (HCN) production in the deceased, it is not easy to assess exposure to HCN in people who died in fire involving closed rooms (flats, garages, cellars, etc). In the paper, the authors present the results of blood determinations of hydrogen cyanide in fatalities of explosions and fires occurring in coal-mines, as well as fires in closed rooms. It has been demonstrated that the time of exposure to a high temperature and the temperature itself hamper autolysis processes that lead to production of endogenous HCN in fire fatalities.

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