Comparing Confirmed Sodium Nitrite Suicide Deaths With Poison Center Surveillance Estimates
In this case series of decedents in 2 New York medical examiner jurisdictions, sodium nitrite deaths increased yearly, and the medical examiners were able to obtain confirmatory nitrite concentrations in most cases. These findings suggest that poison center surveillance underestimates confirmed deaths from sodium nitrite; public health authorities should rely on multiple data sources when analyzing this problem, and forensic analyses should be standardized.
Authors
- Carla Clark
- Alexis Sharpe
- Catherine Stayton
- Joshua Bloom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7654-7828)
- Jeanna M. Marraffa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9693-5123)
- Gail Cooper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8637-8674)
- Michele Slone
- Mark K. Su (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5211-5334)
- Seth Nulman
- Katrina Monday
Institutions
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (US)
- Office of Chief Medical Examiner (US)
- SUNY Upstate Medical University (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Jacobi Medical Center (US)
- New York University (US)
- Onondaga Community College (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2024-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.34192
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Methemoglobinemia and Tumor Lysis Syndrome
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.93