Rapid identification of pesticides in human oral fluid for emergency management by thermal desorption electrospray ionization/mass spectrometry

• Published in: Journal of mass spectrometry. Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 97 - 104
• Main Authors: Lee, Chi-Wei, Su, Hung, Chen, Peng-Yu, Lin, Shiang-Jiun, Shiea, Jentaie, Shin, Shyi-Jang, Chen, Bai-Hsiun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2016; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: cotton; decision making; Desorption; detection limit; Detection limits; Emergency preparedness; emergency room; Emergency Service, Hospital; Female; Fluid dynamics; Fluid flow; Fluids; Humans; Ionization; Male; Mass spectrometry; Methanol; Methyl alcohol; oral fluid; Patients; pesticide; Pesticides; Pesticides - analysis; Pesticides - poisoning; point-of-care identification; Poisoning; rapid methods; Saliva - chemistry; Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization - methods; Standard deviation; Suicide; Taiwan; Taiwan; mass spectrometry; emergency room; point-of-care identification; pesticide; oral fluid

Self‐poisoning with pesticides accounts for approximately one‐third of all suicides worldwide. To expedite rescue in the emergency department, it is essential to develop a point‐of‐care analytical method for rapid identification of ingested pesticides. In this study, five of the most common pesticid...