scholarly journals Performance characteristics of an automated gas chromatograph-ion trap mass spectrometer system used for the 1995 Southern Oxidants Study field investigation in Nashville, Tennessee

1998 ◽  
Vol 103 (D17) ◽  
pp. 22375-22386 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Hunter Daughtrey ◽  
Jeffrey R. Adams ◽  
Karen D. Oliver ◽  
Keith G. Kronmiller ◽  
William A. McClenny
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometer ◽  
Ion Trap ◽  
Field Investigation ◽  
Performance Characteristics ◽  
Gas Chromatograph ◽  
Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer ◽  
Mass Spectrometer System ◽  
Spectrometer System

Routine Use of a Flexible Gas Chromatograph—Mass Spectrometer—Computer System to Identify Drugs and Their Metabolites in Body Fluids of Overdose Victims

1974 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
C E Costello ◽  
H S Hertz ◽  
T Sakai ◽  
K Biemann
Keyword(s):  
Mass Spectrometer ◽  
Drug Overdose ◽  
Body Fluid ◽  
Mass Spectra ◽  
Body Fluids ◽  
Gas Chromatograph ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
Mass Spectrometer System ◽  
Spectrometer System ◽  
Resolution Mass

Abstract We have assembled a computer-searchable collection of 300 mass spectra of drugs, metabolites, normal body-fluid constituents, and common sample contaminants, for use in conjunction with a gas chromatograph—low resolution mass spectrometer system. The system is designed for analysis of drugs in body fluids of comatose victims of accidental or deliberate ingestion of a drug overdose. The speed and generality of the method make it particularly useful for such emergency situations. It has now been in routine use for longer than two years, and its usefulness is illustrated by results obtained for several actual samples.

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