ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 4

Two Deaths Involving Isoflurane Abuse
Levine, B
Chief, DoD Drug Detection Quality Control Laboratory; GC/MS System Manager; Chief, Forensic Toxicology Laboratory; and Chief, Division of Forensic Toxicology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, DC

Kuhlman, JJ
Chief, DoD Drug Detection Quality Control Laboratory; GC/MS System Manager; Chief, Forensic Toxicology Laboratory; and Chief, Division of Forensic Toxicology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, DC

Magluilo, J
Chief, DoD Drug Detection Quality Control Laboratory; GC/MS System Manager; Chief, Forensic Toxicology Laboratory; and Chief, Division of Forensic Toxicology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, DC

Smith, ML
Chief, DoD Drug Detection Quality Control Laboratory; GC/MS System Manager; Chief, Forensic Toxicology Laboratory; and Chief, Division of Forensic Toxicology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, DC

(Received 20 July 1992; accepted 29 October 1992)

Abstract

Two deaths due to isoflurane abuse are reported. One case was a suicide and the other a multiple drug death including isoflurane. A simple headspace gas chromatographic method was used for isoflurane quantitation. A review of the literature did not reveal blood and tissue concentrations of isoflurane. Drug tissue distributions and a discussion of the toxicological findings are presented.

Keywords:
toxicology, isoflurane, death, drugs of abuse

Paper ID: JFS13496J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS13496J
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