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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29417853/
Abstract Objective: The aim of this systematic review was to identify isolated acute cyanide poison cases and to identify reported signs, symptoms, and laboratory findings.
Methods: We searched MEDLINE, Cochrane Reviews, and Web of Science case reports and series using a number of MeSH descriptors pertaining to cyanide, toxicity, and poisonings.
We excluded studies on plants,
laboratory analyses,
smoke inhalation poisonings,
animals as well as non-English language articles and those in which data were not available.
Data extracted included demographics,
exposure characteristics,
acute signs/symptoms,
and medical management and outcome.
Results: From the initial 2976 articles retrieved, 65 articles (52 case reports, 13 case series) met inclusion criteria and described 102 patients.
Most patients were unresponsive (78%), hypotensive (54%), or had respiratory failure (73%);
other signs and symptoms included cardiac arrest (20%),
seizures (20%),
*cyanosis (15%),
*cherry red skin (11%),
and had an odor present (15%).
Medical management included cyanide antidote kit (20%),
sodium thiosulfate (40%),
and hydroxocobalamin (29%).
The majority of cases (66%) required intubation with mechanical ventilation
and a substantial number (39%) developed refractory hypotension requiring vasopressor support.
Conclusions: Contrary to general reviews published on cyanide toxicity,
reports of cherry red skin and bitter almond odor were rare among published cyanide cases.
Consistent with other studies, metabolic acidosis with significant lactic acidosis were the laboratory values consistently associated with cyanide toxicity.
Healthcare providers may overlook cyanide toxicity in the differential diagnosis,
if certain expected characteristics, such as the odor of almonds or a cherry red color of the skin are absent on physical examination.
(1) It isn't hard to look this up.
"Hydrogen cyanide is a gas.
Sodium and potassium cyanide are salts, which are solid.
Zyklon B is a diatomaceous earth permeated with hydrogen cyanide.
*The poisonous part of cyanide is the cyanide anion.
*What the anion is attached to isn’t that important is toxicity.
The attachment affects how it is dispersed.
Potassium cyanide and sodium cyanide are both salts.
They are solids at room temperature. However, they can be dissolved in water.
Solutions of these salts are highly toxic.
You can kill animals by pouring the solution on them. However, they don’t spread as gases.
The salts can’t evaporate from the solution.
The cyanide anion with hydrogen can form a gas, hydrogen cyanide.
The gas can spread. It is still toxic.
The way to get hydrogen cyanide from either salt is add powerful acid to the salt solution.
For example, here is the reaction with sulfuric acid.
H2SO4+2KCN→K2SO4+2HCN"
https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-difference-between-potassium-cyanide-sodium-cyanide-and-hydrogen-cyanide?share=1
Cyanide
A cyanide is a chemical compound that contains the group C≡N.
This group, known as the cyano group,
consists of a carbon atom triple-bonded to a nitrogen atom.
In inorganic cyanides, the cyanide group is present as the anion CN⁻.
Soluble salts such as sodium cyanide and potassium cyanide are highly toxic.
Hydrocyanic acid, also known as hydrogen cyanide, or HCN,
is a highly volatile liquid that is produced on a large scale industrially.
It is obtained by acidification of cyanide salts.
Wikipedia
(2) Zyklon B was cheap and able to be smuggled past Red Cross and other inspections because it was designed and packaged specifically for relieving prisoner suffering and illness, as an anti parasitic.