title: Concentrations of lidocaine and monoethylglycylxylidide (MEGX) in lidocaine associated deaths.
abstract: Concentrations of lidocaine and MEGX were determined in a variety of tissues and other samples collected at autopsy. In 13 of the cases examined in which lidocaine was associated with death, tissue concentrations were greater than 15 mg/kg. Tissue concentrations in other patients treated with lidocaine were significantly lower.
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D006801:Humans; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000506:poisoning*; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D008012:Lidocaine; C001173:monoethylglycinexylidide