TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - A case of suicide by intravenous injection of pancuronium
JO  - Legal medicine (Elsevier)
A1  - Kłys, M.
A1  - Białka, J.
A1  - Bujak-Gizycka, B.
SP  - 93
EP  - 100
VL  - 2
IS  - 2
N2  - This report details a suicide by pancuronium bromide injection by a 31-year old female anesthesiologist. Pancuronium bromide was identified in the blood and brain by means of ion-pair extraction followed by thin-layer chromatography, spectrophotometry and electrospray ionization/tandem mass spectrometry. After this positive identification, the levels of pancuronium were carefully quantified by spectrophotometry: 1.05 mg/ml on the blood and 0.51 mg/g in the brain. The cause of death was judged to be asphyxia due to respiratory muscle paralysis caused by pancuronium. © 2000 Elsevier Science B.V.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1344-6223
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1344-6223(00)80031-0
ID  - ref1
ER  -