TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Is old stuff back? A fatal case of ethyl chloride sniffing
JO  - Egyptian journal of forensic sciences
A1  - Pascali, Jennifer P.
A1  - Fais, Paolo
A1  - Viel, Guido
A1  - Cecchetto, Giovanni
A1  - Montisci, Massimo
SP  - e29
EP  - e29
VL  - 9
IS  - 1
N2  - Ethyl chloride (EC) or chloroethane is a colourless halogenated hydrocarbon gas regularly employed as a topical anaesthetic spray for pain-related injuries and muscle spasm in athletes. However, EC became also popular as a street drug in the 1980s. Brief inhalations of EC vapour can result in dizziness, euphoria, confusion, incoordination, hallucinosis, impairment of short-term memory and narcosis. Inhalation of higher doses, usually employed to "get high", may be related to severe depression of the central nervous system. Indeed, toxicity and deaths have been reported so far.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2090-536X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41935-019-0136-4
ID  - ref1
ER  -