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Lidocaine Intoxication: Two Fatal Cases  

Lee, Sang-Ki (National Institute of Scientific Investigation)
Lee, Soo-Yeun (National Institute of Scientific Investigation)
In, Sang-Whan (Southern District Office, National Institute of Scientific Investigation)
Choi, Hwa-Kyung (National Institute of Scientific Investigation)
Lim, Mi-Ae (National Institute of Scientific Investigation)
Chung, Kyu-Hyuck (College of Pharmacy, Sungkyunkwan University)
Chung, Hee-Sun (Southern District Office, National Institute of Scientific Investigation)
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Archives of Pharmacal Research / v.26, no.4, 2003 , pp. 317-320 More about this Journal
Abstract
We present two fatal cases, a 41-year-old male (case 1) and his 8-year-old daughter (case 2), resulting from acute lidocaine poisoning. Lidocaine was quantified by gas chromatography (GC) analysis using nitrogen-phosphorus detection. The lidocaine concentrations of cases 1 and 2 were: liver, 27.7 $\mu$ g/g and 24.9 $\mu$g/g; spleen, 70.1 $\mu$g/g and 29.9 $\mu$g/g; and gastric contents, 23.6 $\mu$g/g and 42.8 $\mu$g/g, respectively.
Keywords
Lidocaine; Intoxication; Distribution; GC-NPD;
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