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Abstract:
A fatal intoxication involving multiple substances including carbamazepine (CBZ), desipramine (DI), and ethylene glycol (EG), in which the blood CBZ concentration was higher than any previously reported in the literature is presented. Each compound, as well as the 10,11-epoxide metabolite of carbamazepine (CBZ-EP), was quantified in blood (CBZ, 79 mg/L; CBZ-EP, 11 mg/L; DI, 4.2 mg/L; EG, 3.6 g/L), bile (CBZ, 69 mg/L; CBZ-EP, 13 mg/L; DI, 23 mg/L; EG, 4.8 g/L), urine (CBZ, 6.5 mg/L; CBZ-EP, 5.7 mg/L; DI, 30 mg/L; EG, 3.3 g/L), stomach contents (CBZ, 280 mg; DI, 49 mg; EG, 2.8 g), liver (CBZ, 75 mg/kg; CBZ-EP, 11 mg/kg; DI, 49 mg/kg; EG, 2.0 g/kg), and kidney (CBZ, 41 mg/kg; CBZ-EP, 11 mg/kg; DI, 23 mg/kg; EG, 1.9 g/kg) using the following analytical techniques: high performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection for CBZ and CBZ-EP, gas-liquid chromatography with mass selective detection for DI and gas-liquid chromatography with flame ionization detection for EG.
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