The changes of gasoline compounds in blood in a case of gasoline intoxication.
A 44 year-old man, found in his gasoline vapor filled car, died of multiple organ failure on d 9. Blood samples from d 2-7 were analyzed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. The estimated half-lives of gasoline, toluene, ethylbenzene, m,p-xylene, and o-xylene were 16.9, 21.4, 27.5, 32.8, and 25.8 h respectively. The estimated initial gasoline concentration in blood was 247 micrograms/ml.
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Department of Anesthesiology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Koga
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Sata
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Kadoya
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Shigematsu
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D000138:Acidosis / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D001555:Benzene Derivatives / Q000097:blood; D002057:Burns, Chemical / Q000150:complications; D002138:Calibration; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D005742:Gasoline / Q000506:poisoning*; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D011041:Poisoning / Q000150:complications; D014050:Toluene / Q000097:blood; D014835:Volatilization; D014992:Xylenes / Q000097:blood
D001555:Benzene Derivatives; D005742:Gasoline; D006838:Hydrocarbons; D014992:Xylenes; D014050:Toluene; D003402:Creatine Kinase; C004912:ethylbenzene