caa a22 4500 475787773 CHVBK 20180406123703.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s004140050290 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s004140050290 A case of fatal methemoglobinemia of unknown origin but presumably due to ingestion of nitrate [Elektronische Daten] [T. Saito, S. Takeichi, M. Osawa, N. Yukawa, X.-L. Huang] A case of fatal methemoglobinemia (MetHb-emia) which was presumably due to ingestion of nitrate is presented. An unidentified man was taken to a local emergency hospital suffering from deep cyanosis and 7 h later he was found dead in the hospital bed. The post-mortem examination of the blood revealed a methemoglobin (MetHb) concentration of 78% and the concentrations of nitrate and nitrite were 1.50 and 0.76 μg/mL, respectively. Capillary gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and capillary gas chromatography with a nitrogen-phosphorus detector (NPD) were used to detect nitrates and nitrites in the blood. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Key words Nitrates nationallicence Nitrites nationallicence Methemoglobinemia nationallicence GC-NPD nationallicence Saito T. Department of Forensic Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193 Japan Fax +81-463-92-0284, JP aut Takeichi S. Department of Forensic Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193 Japan Fax +81-463-92-0284, JP aut Osawa M. Department of Forensic Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193 Japan Fax +81-463-92-0284, JP aut Yukawa N. Department of Forensic Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193 Japan Fax +81-463-92-0284, JP aut Huang X.-L Department of Forensic Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193 Japan Fax +81-463-92-0284, JP aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s004140050290 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s004140050290 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Saito T. Department of Forensic Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193 Japan Fax +81-463-92-0284, JP aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Takeichi S. Department of Forensic Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193 Japan Fax +81-463-92-0284, JP aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Osawa M. Department of Forensic Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193 Japan Fax +81-463-92-0284, JP aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yukawa N. Department of Forensic Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193 Japan Fax +81-463-92-0284, JP aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Huang X.-L Department of Forensic Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Bohseidai, Isehara, Kanagawa 259-1193 Japan Fax +81-463-92-0284, JP aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer