Instability of pancuronium in postmortem blood and liver taken after a fatal intramuscular Pavulon injection

Forensic Science International

Volumn 143, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 191-198

  Kała, Maria ^a   Lechowicz, Wojciech ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Analysis; LC MS; Pancuronium; Stability

Indexed keywords

LAUDANOSINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NITROGEN; PANCURONIUM; PANCURONIUM BROMIDE;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; BODY FLUID; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; LIVER EXAMINATION; LIVER PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL VOLUME; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STANDARDIZATION; SYRINGE;

EID: 3042706070     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.03.030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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