@article{ref1,
title="Intravenous injection of India ink with suicidal intent",
journal="International journal of legal medicine",
year="1998",
author="Ewert, R. and Buttgereit, F. and Prügel, M. and Reinke, P.",
volume="111",
number="2",
pages="91-92",
abstract="We describe the case of a 33-year-old man who injected 4 ml of India ink into one of the median cubital veins with suicidal intent. He was hospitalized in good general condition 10 h after the injection. Abnormal laboratory test results were a leukocytosis, an oximetrically determined methemoglobin level of 36.9% (normal range: 1.5%) and a free hemoglobin level of 74 mumol/L (normal range: < 25 mumol/L). Toxicological examination showed the presence of nitrobenzene in blood and urine. Intravenous administration of vitamin C and tolonium chloride plus forced diuresis led to an improvement in cyanosis and a fall in the methemoglobin concentration. Repeated increase in the concentration of aminobenzene were successfully treated by hemodialysis with a high-flux dialyzer.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0937-9827",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}