A suicide by thiopentone injection.
Post-mortem tissues from a thiopentone suicide were analysed by ultraviolet spectrometry and gas chromatography. The thiopentone concentrations found (0.6 mg/100 ml of blood and 2 6 mg/100 g of tissue) are consistent with those reported for 'anaesthetic' deaths where only thiopentone and other anaesthetic agents were present. The gas chromatographic method gave more accurate result with the tissues.
D000758:Anesthesia; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013405:Suicide; D013874:Thiopental / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning*
D013874:Thiopental