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Kłys M, Białka J, Bujak-Gizycka B. A case of suicide by intravenous injection of pancuronium. Leg Med (Tokyo). 2000;2(2):93-100doi: 10.1016/s1344-6223(00)80031-0.
Kłys, M., Białka, J., & Bujak-Gizycka, B. (2000). A case of suicide by intravenous injection of pancuronium. Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2(2), 93-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1344-6223(00)80031-0
Kłys, M, et al. "A case of suicide by intravenous injection of pancuronium." Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) vol. 2,2 (2000): 93-100. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/s1344-6223(00)80031-0
Kłys M, Białka J, Bujak-Gizycka B. A case of suicide by intravenous injection of pancuronium. Leg Med (Tokyo). 2000 Aug;2(2):93-100. doi: 10.1016/s1344-6223(00)80031-0. PMID: 12935450.
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Leg Med (Tokyo). 2000 Aug;2(2):93-100. doi: 10.1016/s1344-6223(00)80031-0.

A case of suicide by intravenous injection of pancuronium.

Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)

M Kłys, J Białka, B Bujak-Gizycka

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  1. Institute of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellónian University, Collegium Medicum, 16 Grezgorzecka Str., 31531 Krakow, Poland.

PMID: 12935450 DOI: 10.1016/s1344-6223(00)80031-0

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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