TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1998//
TI  - Intravenous injection of India ink with suicidal intent
JO  - International journal of legal medicine
A1  - Ewert, R.
A1  - Buttgereit, F.
A1  - Prügel, M.
A1  - Reinke, P.
SP  - 91
EP  - 92
VL  - 111
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0937-9827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -