[Carbamazepine in modern toxicological casuistry at Department of Forensic Medicine of Medical University of Gdańsk in the years 1996-2001].

In this paper the authors presented 20 cases of death of individuals diagnosed at Department of Forensic Medicine of Medical University of Gdańsk in the years 1996-2001. In all cases carbamazepine was found in post-mortem material collected from the deceased during autopsy. 14 deaths resulted from intoxication after overdose of drugs for the purpose of committing suicide. In the other cases carbamazepine did not have on influence on the cause of death. The subject of the chemo-toxicological analysis were blood and urine samples and also specimens of the stomach with its contents, liver, kidney, brain and lung specimens collected during autopsy. TLC, GC-FID, GC-MS, TLC-UV were used as diagnostic tools. Determined carbamazepine concentrations fluctuated between 1.5 to 78.6 micrograms/ml in the blood.