title: About an unusual case: GC-MS detection of lidocaine.
abstract: A man suspected to be a drug user was found dead; toxicological analysis of his biological samples showed the presence of lidocaine in all samples analysed, while cocaine was found only in the blood, urine and hair samples. We found that the cause of death was determined by ventricular arrhythmia associated to lidocaine/cocaine overdosage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Toxicology, SIMEF-89128 Reggio Calabria, Italy. simef@tiscali.it
authors.lastname: Teatino
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Barbaro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000032:analysis* / Q000506:poisoning*; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000139:chemically induced; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D003042:Cocaine / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning; D018765:Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors / Q000032:analysis / Q000506:poisoning; D062787:Drug Overdose; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000737:chemistry; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006197:Hair / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000737:chemistry; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000032:analysis* / Q000506:poisoning*; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry; D008297:Male; D013154:Spleen / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D018765:Dopamine Uptake Inhibitors; D008012:Lidocaine; D003042:Cocaine