Two Fatal Cases of Hydrogen Sulfide Poisoning

The Suicide Pandemic of Hydrogen Sulfide Poisoning in Japan

Background: Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) suicides have been frequent in Japan in recent years. This study was performed to describe the epidemiologic profile of an outbreak of H2S suicides in Japan. Methods: In September 2008, questionnaires about patients involved in H2S suicides were sent to 250 hospitals in Japan. Data collected from each patient included gender, age, clinical manifestations, date...

[Two cases of fatal poisoning with organic solutions].

Neurologic sequela of hydrogen sulfide poisoning.

A 25-year-old man, a field operator in a petroleum refinery was found unconscious. He was exposed to hydrogen sulfide and presented with Glasgow Coma Score of 5, severe hypoxemia on arterial blood gas analysis, normal chest radiography, and normal blood pressure. On hospital day 7, his mental state became clear, and neurologic examination showed quadriparesis, profound spasticity, increased ten...

Three cases of fatal triazolam poisoning.

Triazolam, which is widely prescribed as a hypnotic, is considered to be safe even in overdose. In elderly patients, however, overdose may be fatal, particularly in patients taking concomitant drug treatment or with serious disease. Case reports Case I-A 76 year old woman with bone pain from osteomalacia due to renal tubular acidosis had been treated with alfacalcidol, calcium supplements, sodi...

Fatal hydrogen sulphide poisoning in unconfined spaces.

Fatal hydrogen sulphide poisoning usually occurs in confined spaces. We report two fatal accidents in unconfined spaces. The first accident caused the death of three workers who entered an unconfined room in a silo of sludge at the same time that a truck dumped several tons of sludge from water purification stations. The hydrogen sulphide that had accumulated inside the silo spilled out into th...