title: [A case of fatal acute sodium azide poisoning].
abstract: A case of fatal sodium azide poisoning induced by suicidal ingestion was reported. When the patient arrived, her vital signs such as consciousness and blood pressure, were normal. But 25 hours after ingestion, she died from metabolic acidosis, ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome) and acute cardiac failure. We detected the azide ion in patient's serum using GCMS method and measured the blood concentration of sodium azide using the GC/NPD method. The half-life period of sodium azide in blood was calculated as about 2.5 hours.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Kitasato Institute Hospital.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Senda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishio
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Asari
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsuchimoto
mesh_terms: D000138:Acidosis / Q000139:chemically induced; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006207:Half-Life; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000139:chemically induced; D006801:Humans; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000139:chemically induced; D019810:Sodium Azide / Q000097:blood / Q000506:poisoning*; D013405:Suicide
chemical_list: D019810:Sodium Azide