TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Sudden death involving inhalation of 1,1-difluoroethane (HFC-152a) with spray cleaner: Three case reports
JO  - Forensic science international
A1  - Sakai, Kentaro
A1  - Maruyama-Maebashi, Kyoko
A1  - Takatsu, Akihiro
A1  - Fukui, Kenji
A1  - Nagai, Tomonori
A1  - Aoyagi, Miwako
A1  - Ochiai, Eriko
A1  - Iwadate, Kimiharu
SP  - e58
EP  - 61
VL  - 206
IS  - 1-3
N2  - Spray cleaner is a cleaning product containing compressed 1,1-difluoroethane (HFC-152a) to blow dust off electric devices and other sensitive equipment; however, it is also inhaled to induce euphoria. This report describes three cases of death involving HFC-152a inhalation with spray cleaner under different circumstances. In case 1, death was during inhalation for euphoria with which led to having frostbite. In case 2, death may have been associated with suicidal intention. Case 3 was also considered an accidental autoerotic death. In all three cases, HFC-152a was detected at 99.2-136.2mg/l in blood samples, 94.5-191.9mg/l in urine samples and 3.6-18.4mg in the gastric contents according to gas chromatography with flame ionization detection. To prevent death associated with HFC-152a inhalation from spray cleaner, the danger of the sudden death should be announced to people, given the ready availability of commercial products containing HFC-152a.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0379-0738
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2010.08.026
ID  - ref1
ER  -