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An accurate method for the determination of carbon monoxide in postmortem blood using GC/TCD / Russell J. Lewis, Robert D. Johnson, Dennis V. Canfield.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis, Russell J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forensic hematology--United States.
- Forensic hematology.
- Gas chromatography.
- Carbon monoxide.
- Air pilots--Health and hygiene--United States.
- Air pilots.
- Aircraft accidents--Human factors--United States.
- Aircraft accidents.
- Medical jurisprudence.
- Accidents, Aviation.
- Forensic Medicine.
- Chromatography, Gas.
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning--diagnosis.
- United States.
- Carbon Monoxide.
- gas chromatography.
- carbon monoxide.
- forensic medicine.
- Air pilots--Health and hygiene.
- Aircraft accidents--Human factors.
- Medical Subjects:
- Accidents, Aviation.
- Forensic Medicine.
- Chromatography, Gas.
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning--diagnosis.
- United States.
- Carbon Monoxide.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Other Title:
- Accurate method for the determination of carbon monoxide in postmortem blood using gas chromatography/thermal conductivity detector
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of Aerospace Medicine, [2002]
- Summary:
- During the investigation of aviation accidents, postmortem samples from accident victims are submitted to the FAA's Civil Aerospace Medical Institute for toxicological analysis. To determine if the accident victim was exposed to an in-flight/post crash fire or faulty heating/exhaust system, the analysis of carbon monoxide (CO) is conducted. This laboratory encountered difficulties with many of our postmortem samples while employing a commonly used GC method so a new GC method was applied to putrefied and non-putrefied postmortem samples. Postmortem samples were analyzed with our spectrophotometric method, a GC method commonly used without reducing agent, and a new GC method with the addition of sodium dithionite. As expected, we saw errors up to and exceeding 50% when comparing the unreduced GC results with our spectrophotometric method. With our new GC procedure, which incorporates a reducing agent, the error was virtually eliminated.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed on August 23, 2007).
- "DOT/FAA/AM-02/15."
- "August 2002."
- "Final report."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 5-6).
- Other Format:
- Lewis, Russell J. Accurate method for the determination of carbon monoxide in postmortem blood using GC/TCD
- Online version: Lewis, Russell J. Accurate method for the determination of carbon monoxide in postmortem blood using GC/TCD.
- OCLC:
- 166268513
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