Fatal propafenone overdoses: case reports and a review of the literature.

abstract：:Benzoylecgonine (BZE) extraction from urine was explored using Cerex Polycrom Clin II solid-phase extraction (SPE) columns and the Speedisk 48 Pressure Processor as an alternative to the Prep1 automated sample processor and XTRX Type RP/W columns. Linearity for urine standards extracted using the Cerex-Speedisk method...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Kuhnle JA,Churley M,Kawasaki SY,Lyons TP,Bruins MR

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analytical chemical procedures are described to determine residues of the drugs clofibrate and tibric acid in animal feed, wastewater, and human urine. Clofibrate was extracted from animal feed and human urine with hexane, whereas residues from wastewater were collected on a Sep-PakTM then eluted with methanol for ana...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Oller WL,Kendall DC,Bowman MC

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case report involving a 34-year-old white male who was found dead at home by his roommate is presented. At the time of his death, he was being treated with tramadol/acetaminophen, metaxalone, oxycodone, and amitriptyline. The decedent's mother stated that he had been taking increasing amounts of pain medication in o...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Bynum ND,Poklis JL,Gaffney-Kraft M,Garside D,Ropero-Miller JD

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), which combines the separation power of GC with the power of MS for the identification of unknown compounds, possesses high potential in systematic toxicological analysis (STA). Different factors, however, do not allow this potential to be fully exploited. Between them, the...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Polettini A

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzodiazepines are common drugs that cause intoxication. Benzodiazepines and their metabolites can be converted by hydrolysis in acid to the corresponding benzophenones, which are easier to be separated from matrices because of their hydrophobic properties. In this study, a new separation technique called solid-phase...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Guan F,Seno H,Ishii A,Watanabe K,Kumazawa T,Hattori H,Suzuki O

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38-year-old man was admitted in the intensive care unit (ICU) after supposed ingestion of 504 sustained-release tablets of Theralithe™ corresponding ~200 g of lithium carbonate. At the admission, ~19.5 h after ingestion, the patient was conscious with trembling limbs, intense thirst, profuse sweats and vomiting and ...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Jamal T,Hennequin C,Gahoual R,Leyris A,Beaudeux JL,Baud FJ,Houzé P

更新日期：2019-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, rapid, and reliable gas-liquid chromatographic (GLC) confirmation procedure was developed for urine samples found positive by the EMIT-dau benzodiazepine metabolite assay. The procedure involves acid hydrolysis, organic extraction, and identification using GLC-nitrogen-phosphorus detection (NPD). The method ...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Verebey K,Jukofsky D,Mulé SJ

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An enzyme multiplied immunoassay technique (EMIT) was used to test for opiates (morphine, hydromorphone, and codeine) in extracts of blood, bile, and tissue homogenates. All immunoassay opiate positive specimens were then tested by a reversed-phase liquid chromatographic procedure using electrochemical detection (LCEC...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Hepler BR,Sutheimer C,Sunshine I,Sebrosky GF

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hair screening method has been developed for the detection of methamphetamine using an immunoassay analyzer (AxSYM) with a fluorescence polarization immunoassay (FPIA) technique. The method consisted of washing, cutting and digesting a hair sample (5 mg) with an enzymatic digestion solution. The digested hair sample...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Cheong JC,Suh S,Ko BJ,Lee JI,Kim JY,Suh YJ,In MK

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has several different systems for collecting information on drugs of abuse. One is an early warning system, which collects information to provide scientific data and interpretation on drug abuse. Another is the collection of data from evidence submitted to DEA laboratories. Thi...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Frank RS

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although many deaths occur annually from heroin intoxication, the presence of heroin has not been reported in postmortem tissues. Recognizing heroin's susceptibility to rapid chemical and metabolic hydrolysis, extraction procedures were developed for the efficient recovery of heroin, 6-acetylmorphine, and morphine fro...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Goldberger BA,Cone EJ,Grant TM,Caplan YH,Levine BS,Smialek JE

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid, simple, highly sensitive procedure for the simultaneous analysis of bromazepam, alprazolam, clonazepam, lorazepam, oxazepam, diazepam, midazolam, flurazepam, flunitrazepam, nordiazepam, triazolam, temazepam, nitrazepam, and chlordiazepoxide in oral fluid is described, using liquid chromatography coupled to a ...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Moore C,Coulter C,Crompton K,Zumwalt M

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding cocaine and metabolites urinary excretion following smoking is important for interpretation of urine test results in judicial, workplace and treatment settings. In National Institute on Drug Abuse approved studies on a secure research unit, six subjects smoked placebo, 10, 20, and 40 mg cocaine with a pr...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Huestis MA,Darwin WD,Shimomura E,Lalani SA,Trinidad DV,Jenkins AJ,Cone EJ,Jacobs AJ,Smith ML,Paul BD

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A suicide caused by oral ingestion of colchicine is reported. Postmortem examination revealed circulating Pelger-Huet polymorphonuclear leukocytes and numerous mitotic and chromatin bodies in tissues with rapid cell turnover. Colchicine was identified by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) of an organic extra...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Clevenger CV,August TF,Shaw LM

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfur mustard (SM) is a chemical warfare agent that causes painful blisters and chemically modifies endogenous biomacromolecules by alkylation to hydroxyethylthioethyl (HETE) adducts representing valuable long-term markers for post-exposure analysis. The albumin adduct formed in human plasma in vitro (HETE bound to t...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Gandor F,Gawlik M,Thiermann H,John H

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six cases involving the antidepressant mirtazapine were analyzed in detail at the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office from 2004 to 2005. Mirtazapine was initially detected and confirmed in each of these cases by a liquid-liquid gas chromatography (GC)-MS basic drug screen. Following another liquid-liquid basic ...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Kirkton C,McIntyre IM

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous vapor dosing studies have generally used saturated vapor concentration (SVC) measurements to estimate the exposure dose (Ct) of vapor produced from a volatile liquid within a closed system. The purpose of this study was to clarify whether the assumption was valid when translated to a biological system (pi...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Dalton CH,Maidment MP,Jenner J,Chilcott RP

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A gas-chromatographic analysis of vinylidene chloride (1,1-dichloroethylene) is presented. Vinylidene chloride was sampled by adsorbing on activated carbon. It was desorbed with carbon disulfide. The desorption efficiency was 97.2 +/- 1.05 (mean +/- standard error). The analytical column was packed with 10% Apiezon L ...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Sidhu KS

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimating the equivalent whole blood ethanol level from a serum or plasma determination has been addressed by numerous articles in both the clinical and forensic literature. All previous studies have either involved sample sizes insufficient for adequate statistical evaluation or have utilized gas chromatography for ...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Barnhill MT Jr,Herbert D,Wells DJ Jr

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous measurements of elemental concentrations in liver mitochondria have generally required homogenization and fractionation of liver tissue, a procedure in which it is difficult to rule out ion movement between subcellular units. New techniques involving cryoultramicrotomy of rapidly frozen tissue, high resolutio...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Millette JR,Allenspach AL,Clark PJ,McCauley PT,Washington IS

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calibration model selection is required for all quantitative methods in toxicology and more broadly in bioanalysis. This typically involves selecting the equation order (quadratic or linear) and weighting factor correctly modelizing the data. A mis-selection of the calibration model will generate lower quality control...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Desharnais B,Camirand-Lemyre F,Mireault P,Skinner CD

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to investigate the distribution of methamphetamine (MA) and its metabolite amphetamine (AP) in rat models of acute and subacute MA-ethanol combination abuse. Rats were fed with 20% ethanol for 4 weeks (chronic active-drinking group), and MA was injected intraperitoneally into chronically drink...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Liang M,Liu Y,Zheng N,Ananda S,Liu L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A protocol is described for the preparation and characterization of bovine blood lead (Pb) reference material (RM). Adult bovine animals are orally dosed with Pb as Pb(NO3)2, and blood is collected directly from the jugular vein into 5-mL evacuated, low-Pb glass tubes containing EDTA as anticoagulant. The blood is coo...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Cox DH,Duncan CE,Wyatt GP,Meadow JS,Robinson JB

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 25 mg oral dose of cocaine HCl given to a single volunteer resulted in a peak urinary cocaine concentration of 269 ng/mL at 1 h, and a peak benzoylecgonine concentration of 7,940 ng/mL at 12 h. Urine benzoylecgonine concentrations remained in excess of 300 ng/mL for 48 h. We conclude that small, oral doses of cocain...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Baselt RC,Chang R

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of lethal overdose by heroin ingestion is presented. The concentrations of drugs were measured several hours after death. Heroin, 06-monoacetylmorphine, and morphine were identified and quantitated in blood, urine, and gastrointestinal contents by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and high-performance liquid...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Rop PP,Fornaris M,Salmon T,Burle J,Bresson M

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high performance liquid chromatographic method is reported, which incorporates three internal standards (I-cinchonidine, N-propylprocainamide, and para-chlorodisopyramide) for the simultaneous quantitation of four commonly prescribed antiarrhythmic drugs: quinidine, procainamide, N-acetylprocainamide, and disopyrami...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Bridges RR,Jennison TA

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The misuse of the commonly used chemical diethylene glycol (DEG) has lead to many poisonings worldwide. Methods were developed for analysis of DEG and its potential metabolites; ethylene glycol, glycolic acid, oxalic acid, diglycolic acid and hydroxyethoxy acetic acid in human urine, serum and cerebrospinal fluid samp...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Perala AW,Filary MJ,Bartels MJ,McMartin KE

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report one fatal case of asphyxia caused by leaves of common ivy. Macroscopic examination of the corpse during the autopsy disclosed an incredible quantity of leaves of Hedera helix in the mouth and throat of the decedent. In order to rule out the possibility of poisoning by the toxic saponins contained in the plan...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Gaillard Y,Blaise P,Darré A,Barbier T,Pépin G

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compares fluoride concentrations ([F]) in surface and whole bone for up to 27 days following an acute oral dose of F. Four groups of rats received single oral F dose (50 mg/kg body weight), and the control group received deionized water (n = 10/group). Groups were euthanized at 1, 3, 9, or 27 days after F a...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Buzalaf MA,Caroselli EE,de Carvalho JG,de Oliveira RC,da Silva Cardoso VE,Whitford GM

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a possible suicide by overdosage with diltiazem. The decreased, a 39-year-old male who had been under treatment for an unidentified heart condition, was discovered on the bathroom floor in his residence. Comprehensive drug screens performed on available postmortem specimens revealed the presence ...

journal_title：Journal of analytical toxicology

authors： Kalin JR,Wood KM,Lee AJ

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00