Citation

Senda T, Nishio K, Hori Y, Baba A, Suzuki Y, Asari Y, Tsuchimoto K. Chudoku Kenkyu 2001; 14(4): 339-342.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Yakugyo Jihosha)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11806101

Abstract

A case of fatal sodium azide poisoning induced by suicidal ingestion was reported. When the patient arrived, her vital signs such as consciousness and blood pressure, were normal. But 25 hours after ingestion, she died from metabolic acidosis, ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome) and acute cardiac failure. We detected the azide ion in patient's serum using GCMS method and measured the blood concentration of sodium azide using the GC/NPD method. The half-life period of sodium azide in blood was calculated as about 2.5 hours.

Language: ja

Keywords

Acidosis; Adult; Female; Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Half-Life; Heart Failure; Humans; Respiratory Distress Syndrome; Sodium Azide; Suicide