Lidocaine intoxication: two fatal cases.
We present two fatal cases, a 41-year-old male (case 1) and his 8-year-old daughter (case 2), resulting from acute lidocaine poisoning. Lidocaine was quantified by gas chromatography (GC) analysis using nitrogen-phosphorus detection. The lidocaine concentrations of cases 1 and 2 were: liver, 27.7 microg/g and 24.9 microg/g; spleen, 70.1 microg/g and 29.9 microg/g; and gastric contents, 23.6 microg/g and 42.8 microg/g, respectively.
National Institute of Scientific Investigation, Seoul 158-707, Korea. skleedoc@nisi.go.kr
Sang-Ki
SK
Lee
Soo-Yeun
SY
Lee
Sang-Whan
SW
In
Hwa-Kyung
HK
Choi
Mi-Ae
MA
Lim
Kyu-Hyuck
KH
Chung
Hee-Sun
HS
Chung
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D005260:Female; D005766:Gastrointestinal Contents / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000506:poisoning*; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D013154:Spleen / Q000737:chemistry; D013405:Suicide
D008012:Lidocaine