A fatality from sevoflurane abuse
| Autor: | Ling Li, Dawn Cox, Aaron J. Jacobs, Barry Levine, Rebecca Jufer-Phipps, David Fowler |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Methyl Ethers Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Toxicology Sevoflurane Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Analytical Chemistry Forensic Toxicology Fatal Outcome Cause of Death medicine Environmental Chemistry Humans Cause of death Chemical Health and Safety Chemistry Forensic toxicology Cardiac arrhythmia Arrhythmias Cardiac Middle Aged Peripheral blood Manner of death Anesthesia Toxicity Anesthetics Inhalation Death certificate medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Journal of analytical toxicology. 31(8) |
| ISSN: | 0146-4760 |
| Popis: | A case is presented of a 47-year-old man who died as a result of sevoflurane abuse. Sevoflurane was identified and confirmed by headspace gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The heart blood sevoflurane concentration was 16 mg/L, and the peripheral blood sevoflurane concentration was 8.0 mg/L. No drugs or other volatile substances were found in the heart blood. The medical examiner ruled that the cause of death was cardiac arrhythmia due to sevoflurane toxicity. Cardiomegaly was listed on Part II of the death certificate. The manner of death was undetermined. |
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