Suicide by inhalation of butane gas through a homemade adaptation of a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) face mask

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2020

Authors

Durao, C (Author) Other; Pedrosa, F (Author) Other; Ricardo Jorge Dinis Oliveira (Author) FMUP

Journal

Title: Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Vol. 16

Pages: 732-734

ISSN: 1547-769X

Publisher: Springer Nature

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Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00S-APG

DOI: 10.1007/s12024-020-00271-y

Abstract (EN): Fatal poisoning due to butane inhalation has been described in the clinical and forensic literature. We report the first case of a seventy-year-old obese man with a history of sleep apnea and depression, who was found dead in bed after inhaling butane gas through a homemade adaptation of his own continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) face mask. The death scene investigation, autopsy findings and toxicological results are described. The cause of death was suspected to be due to asphyxia through butane inhalation.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 3