Pitevní nález při abúzu butanu

Je prezentován případ smrtelné otravy mladé ženy butanem. Kvantitativní toxikologickou analýzou byla stanovena koncentrace butanu 6,8 μl/ml v krvi z femorální žíly, dále byl detekován také isobutan a propan. Byl pozorován výrazný edém plicní a depozita lipofuscinu v myokardu. Stanovili jsme, že příčinou smrti oběti byla srdeční arytmie způsobená abúzem butanu.

Klíčová slova:
butan – srdeční toxicita – otrava

Autoři: Naoko Tanaka ¹; Hiroshi Kinoshita ¹; Reiji Haba ²; Mostofa Jamal ¹; Eriko Ohkubo ¹; Kiyoshi Ameno ¹
Působiště autorů: Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750-1 Miki, Kagawa, 761-0793, Japan ¹; Department of Surgical Pathology, Kagawa University Hospital, 1750-1 Miki, Kagawa, 761-0793, Japan ²
Vyšlo v časopise: Soud Lék., 55, 2010, No. 4, p. 44-45

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Klíčová slova:
butan – srdeční toxicita – otrava

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