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Case Reports
. 1989;102(1):69-75.
doi: 10.1007/BF00201263.

[Forensic medicine and toxicologic aspects of 2-propanol poisoning]

[Article in German]
T Petkovits  1 , G Bohn, B Brinkmann
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Case Reports

[Forensic medicine and toxicologic aspects of 2-propanol poisoning]

[Article in German]
T Petkovits et al. Z Rechtsmed. 1989.

Abstract

Two cases of poisoning with 2-propanol (isopropylalcohol) are reported. In one case, nail polish remover was drunk by a 2-year-old child. The concentration of 2-propanol and its metabolite acetone in the blood could be observed over a period of approximately 50 h. The highest concentration of 2-propanol determined was 4.22 g/l. Acetone reached a maximum value of 2.27 g/l 12 h after ingestion. The child survived without any observable after-effects. In the second case, a 35-year-old man drank ethanol in addition to 2-propanol. The poisoning was lethal. The possible time of intake before death is discussed in relation to the estimated levels of ethanol, 2-propanol and acetone found in the blood and urine. The histomorphological findings are often important as well with regard to time of intake.

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