Jensen S, Hansen A C, Kjeldsen N J
Aarhus Universitet, Retsmedicinsk Institut.
Ugeskr Laeger. 1992 Nov 23;154(48):3417-23.
The study analyses the role of salicylic acid (SA) in fatal intoxications with special reference to potentially avoidable, accidental poisonings. The study indicates a relation between SA intoxication and the presence of an infection of the respiratory tract. All deaths in Denmark in the period 1980 through 1989 registered as caused by SA were analysed as were all deaths submitted to forensic toxicological examination in a defined region of Denmark in the years 1985 through 1989. During the decade 1980 through 1989 the number of fatal intoxications due to SA increased from approx. five per year to approx. 23 per year. During the same period the sales of SA decreased. Many deaths in the material were registered as accidental, and an increasing frequency of accidental deaths was seen with a lower social level. Frequently, an infection of the respiratory tract was either indicated in a hospital case record or a police report, or found at autopsy.
该研究分析了水杨酸（SA）在致命中毒中的作用，特别提及了潜在可避免的意外中毒情况。研究表明SA中毒与呼吸道感染的存在之间存在关联。对1980年至1989年期间丹麦登记为由SA导致的所有死亡病例进行了分析，同时也对1985年至1989年期间丹麦特定地区提交法医毒理学检查的所有死亡病例进行了分析。在1980年至1989年这十年间，SA导致的致命中毒数量从每年约5例增加到了每年约23例。同期，SA的销售量下降。资料中的许多死亡被登记为意外，且社会阶层较低者意外死亡的频率呈上升趋势。在医院病例记录或警方报告中，经常会提及呼吸道感染，或者在尸检时发现呼吸道感染。
