[Toxicological findings in a death involving hydrogen sulfide].
A case of fatal hydrogen sulfide poisoning in a sewage disposal plant is described. Hydrogen sulfide levels were determined in several postmortem body tissues and fluids using gas chromatography with a flame photometric detection (GC-FPD). The concentrations of hydrogen sulfide in the blood, muscle, liver, lung, kidney, heart and brain were 0.305, 0.690, 1.089, 1.338, 1.170, 1.366 and 0.875 (micrograms/g or ml), respectively. The results are discussed in the light of the existing literature on the toxicological significance of hydrogen sulfide concentrations.
Ikebuchi
J
J
Department of Legal Medicine, Tottori University School of Medicine, Yonago, Japan.
Yamamoto
Y
Y
Nishi
K
K
Okada
K
K
Irizawa
Y
Y
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006862:Hydrogen Sulfide / Q000506:poisoning*; D008297:Male; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D012037:Refuse Disposal; D012722:Sewage
D012722:Sewage; D006862:Hydrogen Sulfide