Ethylene Glycol Poisoning A Case Report Sharma V.K. Dr.1, Satpathy D.K. Dr.2 1In-charge, Toxicology Division & Asst. Chemical Examiner, Medicolegal Institute, Bhopal 2Director, Medicolegal Institute, Bhopal Abstract An Airman of Indian Air Force was admitted to the hospital with the history of poisoning of unknown substance. Despite of all supportive and symptomatic treatment the patient died after three days. The gastric lavage was done on admission. The postmortem was conducted and cause of death was ascertained as poisoning, as suggestive with the finding. The viscera and the gastric lavage were analyzed along with the bottle recovered from the scene of incidence labeled as “ANTIFREEZE”. All the samples were found positive for Ethylene Glycol. The interesting facts are discussed in detail. Top Keywords Ethylene Glycol, Poisoning, Antifreeze. Top |
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