TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Detection of thiocyanate in postmortem blood of a fatal potassium thiocyanate-poisoning patient using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
JO  - Journal of analytical toxicology
A1  - Kang, Minji
A1  - Moon, Sungmin
A1  - Kim, Byungjoo
A1  - Kim, So-Hyun
A1  - Kim, Junghyun
A1  - Park, Heejin
A1  - Choi, Hyeyoung
A1  - Kim, Seongho
A1  - Park, Meejung
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Thiocyanate is an inorganic compound used in industrial applications. Here, we report a case of suicidal death due to acute thiocyanate overdose. A 44-year-old man who consumed an unknown amount of thiocyanate solution was transferred to the emergency room and died two hours after admission. An autopsy was performed two days after death. General toxicological analysis of blood using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry found no drug or alcohol. Quantification using GC-MS post-derivatization with pentafluorobenzyl bromide revealed 2,290 and 1,920 mg/L of thiocyanate in the heart and femoral blood samples, respectively. Thus, the cause of death was attributed to thiocyanate overdose. This study provides useful information for the interpretation of thiocyanate-related fatalities.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0146-4760
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jat/bkad075
ID  - ref1
ER  -