A suicide by pancuronium bromide injection: evaluation of the fluorometric determination of pancuronium in postmortem blood, serum and urine.
A fatal case of suicidal injection of pancuronium bromide is presented. Pancuronium was detected in blood and urine by ion-pair extraction and fluorometry. An evaluation of the fluorometric procedure for the determination of pancuronium in postmortem blood, serum and urine is presented. Stability of the extracted ion-pair, possible interferences from other drugs, and the effects of specimen storage were studied.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010197:Pancuronium / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning* / Q000652:urine; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013405:Suicide; D013874:Thiopental / Q000032:analysis; D013881:Thioridazine / Q000032:analysis
D010197:Pancuronium; D013874:Thiopental; D013881:Thioridazine