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A fatal dichlorvos poisoning: concentrations in biological specimens.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18547356     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A 54-year-old man was found dead with a bottle containing a brownish fluid near him. A toxicological screening was carried out in blood, urine, and stomach content. Only dichlorvos (2,2 dichlorovinyl O-O dimethylphosphate or DDVP) was found. A simple and rapid method, using DDVP-D(6) as an internal standard, was developed for the determination of DDVP by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The method was linear from 1 to 10 mg/L. Intraday and interday precisions were all <15%. DDVP concentration in cardiac blood was approximately four times higher than in peripheral blood. A high concentration was found in the heart showing a cardiac tropism of DDVP, kidney and lung concentrations being much lower. No DDVP was found in liver. DDVP stomach content was 38 g. The amount presumed ingested was 82 g, c. 1000 mg/kg of body. The oral LD(50) for DDVP ranges between 20 and 1090 mg/kg in animals but is not known for humans.
Authors:
Emuri Abe; Charlotte Duverneuil; Geoffroy de la Grandmaison; Jean-Claude Alvarez
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of forensic sciences     Volume:  53     ISSN:  1556-4029     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Forensic Sci.     Publication Date:  2008 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-07-21     Completed Date:  2008-11-04     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0375370     Medline TA:  J Forensic Sci     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  997-1000     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Pharmacologie-Toxicologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Raymond Poincaré, AP-HP, et Université Versailles Saint Quentin, 104 Boulevard Raymond. Poincaré, 92380 Garches, France.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Dichlorvos / analysis*,  poisoning*
Forensic Toxicology
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Gastrointestinal Contents / chemistry
Humans
Insecticides / analysis*,  poisoning*
Kidney / chemistry
Lung / chemistry
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Structure
Myocardium / chemistry
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Insecticides; 62-73-7/Dichlorvos

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