Citation

Wardaszka Z, Niemcunowicz-Janica A, Janica J, Koc-Zórawska E. Arch. Med. Sadowej Kryminol. 2005; 55(2): 130-133.

Vernacular Title

Stezenia tlenku wegla i cyjanowodoru we krwi osób zmarłych w pozarach w materiale ZMS AM w Białymstoku.

Affiliation

Zakładu Medycyny Sadowej Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Polish Forensic Medicine Society)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

16080429

Abstract

The authors present the results of toxicological examination of blood of fatal victims of fires in "closed" spaces. Hydrogen cyanide was present in 26 out of 64 postmortem blood samples. COHb was found in 52 cases. The hydrogen cyanide levels ranged from 0.8 to 39.2 microg/l, the COHb levels ranged from 16.0 to 85.0%. The level of hydrogen cyanide was determined by the pyrazolopyridine method modified by Nedoma, and the COHb level was determined by the Wolff method.

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