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19925584

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-4-23
pubmed:abstractText
In a public hospital, eight cases of fatal poisoning by nitrous oxide (N(2)O) occurred under oxygen administration, due to an erroneous swapping of the lines in the gas system. The aim of the study was to clarify the factors involved in asphyxia by characterizing gases from different lines and measuring N(2)O concentrations in postmortem biological samples from bodies exhumed. Analyses carried out on the gas system confirmed the erroneous substitution of O(2) line with N(2)O and air line with O(2). Consequently, high N(2)O amounts were revealed in several tissues and gaseous biological samples. All specimens were analyzed by headspace gas chromatography technique. A rigorous quantitative analysis was possible only in blood (11.29-2152.04 mg/L) and urine (95.11 mg/L) and in air samples from stomach and trachea (from 5.28 to 83.63 g/m(3)). This study demonstrates that N(2)O can be detected in biological samples even 1 month after death.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1556-4029
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
258-64
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Nitrous oxide determination in postmortem biological samples: a case of serial fatal poisoning in a public hospital.
pubmed:affiliation
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Prevention Research Center at the University of Parma, via Gramsci 14, 43100 Parma, Italy. diana.poli@unipr.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports