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A case of suicide by intravenous injection of pancuronium
M Kłys1, J Białka, B Bujak-Gizycka
1Institute of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellónian University, Collegium Medicum, 16 Grezgorzecka Str., 31531 Krakow, Poland.
Abstract:
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 in 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.
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