A suicide attempt by intramuscular injection of pentobarbital sodium into rectus abdominis suggested by computed tomography.
Case report
Computed tomography
Intoxication
Pentobarbital
Suicide attempt
Journal
Forensic science, medicine, and pathology
ISSN: 1556-2891
Titre abrégé: Forensic Sci Med Pathol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101236111
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2023
Jun 2023
Historique:
accepted:
18
07
2022
medline:
10
7
2023
pubmed:
31
7
2022
entrez:
30
7
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Suicide attempts in humans due to injections of the veterinary drug pentobarbital sodium have been rarely reported. Herein, we present a case of a suicide attempt by intramuscular injection of pentobarbital sodium into the rectus abdominis muscle, which was suggested by computed tomography (CT). A 73-year-old man was brought to the emergency department with GCS 3 (E1V1M1) and an incised wound on the right side of the neck. A bottle of Somnopentyl
Identifiants
pubmed: 35907161
doi: 10.1007/s12024-022-00508-y
pii: 10.1007/s12024-022-00508-y
doi:
Substances chimiques
Pentobarbital
I4744080IR
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
198-201Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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