title: Barium determination in gastric contents, blood and urine by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry in the case of oral barium chloride poisoning.
abstract: A serious case of barium intoxication from suicidal ingestion is reported. Oral barium chloride poisoning with hypokalemia, neuromuscular and cardiac toxicity, treated with intravenous potassium supplementation and hemodialysis, was confirmed by the determination of barium concentrations in gastric contents, blood, serum and urine using the inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry method. Barium concentrations in the analyzed specimens were 20.45 µg/L in serum, 150 µg/L in blood, 10,500 µg/L in urine and 63,500 µg/L in gastric contents. Results were compared with barium levels obtained from a non-intoxicated person.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland Department of Toxicology, Raszeja Hospital, Poznań, Poland.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Łukasik-Głębocka
authors.affiliation: Department of Toxicology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland karina.sommerfeld@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Karina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sommerfeld
authors.affiliation: Department of Trace Element Analysis by Spectroscopy Methods, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland.
authors.forename: Anetta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hanć
authors.affiliation: Department of Toxicology, Raszeja Hospital, Poznań, Poland.
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grzegorowski
authors.affiliation: Department of Trace Element Analysis by Spectroscopy Methods, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland.
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barałkiewicz
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland Department of Emergency Medicine, The President Stanislaw Wojciechowski Higher Vocational State School, Kalisz, Poland.
authors.forename: Michał
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gaca
authors.affiliation: Department of Toxicology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zielińska-Psuja
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001464:Barium / Q000032:analysis / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine*; D017609:Barium Compounds / Q000506:poisoning*; D002712:Chlorides / Q000506:poisoning*; D005260:Female; D005766:Gastrointestinal Contents / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D011041:Poisoning / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy / Q000652:urine; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D017609:Barium Compounds; D002712:Chlorides; C024986:barium chloride; D001464:Barium