Chloral hydrate: unusually high concentrations in a fatal overdose.
A case in which chloral hydrate as a pure chemical rather than the prescribed drug caused the death of a 27-year-old white male is presented. Trichloroethanol was quantified in blood and tissues by electron capture gas chromatography. The blood trichloroethanol concentration found in this case (1700 mg/L) was higher than had been previously reported in the literature.
D000328:Adult; D002697:Chloral Hydrate / Q000378:metabolism / Q000506:poisoning*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D005023:Ethylene Chlorohydrin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D002697:Chloral Hydrate; D005023:Ethylene Chlorohydrin; C005849:2,2,2-trichloroethanol