Two Cases of Acute Propane/Butane Poisoning in Prison

Rossi, Riccardo; Suadoni, Fabio; Pieroni, Ludovica; De-Giorgio, Fabio; Lancia, Massimo

doi:10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.02003.x

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“…In Italy, the voluntary inhalation of gas cylinders is a widespread phenomenon in the prison population, where the use of gas stove in the cell is allowed and regulated by law [12][13]. In these cases, the specialists involved in the determination of the cause of death need to properly handle the samples of biologic material to allow the analysis of volatile substances, by using gas-tight containers [14].…”

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Volatile lipophilic substances management in case of fatal sniffing

Romolo

Luca

Ciallella

et al. 2017

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Volatile lipophilic substances management in case of fatal sniffing

Romolo

Luca

Ciallella

et al. 2017

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

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“…Occasionally, suicide can occur inside vehicles by adopting simple suicide methods of different kinds [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24], or with multiple methods [25][26][27][28], not to mention suicides committed in protected environments like jails [29][30][31][32], hospitals and health care facilities [33][34]. Recent studies from the Unites States report an increasing number of cases of suicide by jumping or falling from parking garages [35].…”

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Unusual Suicide Settings: A Forensic-Pathological Analysis Four Cases of Suicide in Cemetery

Zoja¹

2017

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The Author choose the cases of suicides in the cemetery performed in a period of 24 years in Milan. They highlight the general aspects, together with the forensic pathology and the psychopathological data. In Milan area, the selected cases were 4. The selected sample validates that cemetery suicide are rare and victims present three common features: a depressive mental disorder, the male sex and the burial of a beloved person in the cemetery of the suicide. These observations could enrich the knowledge of epidemiological analysis of such modality of suicide.Keywords: Suicide; Cemetery; Forensic pathology 41 cases of graveside killings is offered, all committed between 1969 and 1992, among which 18 suicides are documented [2]. In the current study, through a manual search of autoptic files over 20 years , the authors identified analogous cases occurred in seven cemeter is in the city of Milan, Italy (Baggio, Bruzzano, Chiaravalle, Greco, Lambrate, Cimitero Maggiore and Cimitero Monumentale) and in the metropolitan area. For each of the cases, an analysis of the crime scene is offered together with details obtained from autoptic examination; finally, the authors provide a tentative psychopathological analysis of the possible motivations connected to this unusual suicide site. Materials and MethodsOut of 22.764 autoptic examinations carried out in over 20 years (January 1 st 1993 -December 31 st 2015) at the Medico-legal Bureau, Milan State University, 3.902 suicides were identified and, among them, those committed in cemeteries or surrounding area were extracted and compared to those with analogous setting committed in Italy. As for the latter type of information, reference was made for data processing purposes to the online archives and to the major Italian national daily papers (Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica), local newspapers (Il Giorno and Il Giornale), and to the database of the Italian national and regional press agency (ANSA). The study was integrated by consulting generic search engines and Internet websites, as well as printed paper volumes and repertories. ResultsThe cases identified for the purpose of the present study were 4 (0.017% of the total number of the autoptic examinations carried out in that time frame) and they constitute 0,10% of all suicides examined at the Medico-legal Bureau, Milan State University. In line with previous studies [1-2], suicide in the cemetery seems to be a phenomenon mostly connected to male gender; the mean age is mostly around adulthood-third age with frequent presence of a positive psychiatric history. All victims were affected by depressive disorders, 75% were under psychiatric pharmacological treatment, while the remaining 25% was affected by bipolar disorder with hypochondriacal ideation. Moreover, half of the sample had a history of previous suicide attempts; the remaining half, though the absence of suicide attempts, had frequently expressed suicide intent. Suicides occurred in a timeframe between three months and a year since their loving ones' death...

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“…Se le ha imputado la génesis de hepatopatías, encefalopatías y arritmias 5 además de su reconocida capacidad para generar estados alucinatorios que explica su uso como estupefaciente en cárceles de Estados Unidos de Norteamérica 6 .…”

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Encefalopatía tóxica por isopropanol: Sobre-exposición accidental a gas propano

R¹,

Gallardo²

2016

Rev. méd. Chile

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C on cierta frecuencia se han comunicado personas que desarrollaron estados de conciencia alterada, después de exposiciones accidentales o voluntarias a gas licuado de petróleo (GLP), donde no se pudo comprobar hipoxia o intoxicación con monóxido de carbono como causa subyacente. Estas comunicaciones han permitido establecer que el propano, principal componente del GLP, puede producir efectos deletéreos sobre el sistema nervioso central (SNC) traducidos en alteración de la vigilancia, estados alucinatorios y eventuales daños estructurales cuyos mecanismos patogénicos no están aún completamente dilucidados 1,2 .El gas licuado de petróleo es una mezcla comprimida de hidrocarburos alifáticos de cadena corta que en Chile está compuesto por 70% de propano, 30% de butano y cantidades menores de otros hidrocarburos. Experimentalmente en concentraciones de 1.000 ppm el propano es incapaz de producir asfixia por bloqueo en el consumo de oxígeno 3 .En cambio, su alta lipofília permite que la aspiración de GLP impregne con rapidez tejidos con contenido graso, alcanzando elevadas concentraciones en hígado, cerebro, tejido subcutáneo y corazón 4 . Se le ha imputado la génesis de hepatopatías, encefalopatías y arritmias 5 además de su reconocida capacidad para generar estados alucinatorios que explica su uso como estupefaciente en cárceles de Estados Unidos de Norteamérica 6 .Estos hidrocarburos de cadena corta son automáticamente metabolizados por el hígado, haciendo que la vida media del gas en el organismo no supere la hora, encontrándose posteriormente sólo residuos alcohólicos y cetónicos del gas 7,8 . El isopropanol y el butanol son alguno de los metabolitos identificados, alcoholes que tienen especial afinidad por el hipocampo y el bulbo olfatorio 9 .El isopropanol es un alcohol que tiene di-

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Two Cases of Acute Propane/Butane Poisoning in Prison

Cited by 31 publications

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Volatile lipophilic substances management in case of fatal sniffing

Volatile lipophilic substances management in case of fatal sniffing

Unusual Suicide Settings: A Forensic-Pathological Analysis Four Cases of Suicide in Cemetery

Encefalopatía tóxica por isopropanol: Sobre-exposición accidental a gas propano

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