Levin B C, Rechani P R, Gurman J L, Landron F, Clark H M, Yoklavich M F, Rodriguez J R, Droz L, Mattos de Cabrera F, Kaye S
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD.
J Forensic Sci. 1990 Jan;35(1):151-68.
Ninety-seven people died from a fire that occurred in the Dupont Plaza Hotel in Puerto Rico on 31 Dec. 1986. All, except four who died later in the hospital, were found dead at the scene. All of the fatalities at the hotel (except for eight) were burned beyond recognition. Blood from seventy-eight of the victims was screened for carboxyhemoglobin at the Institute for Forensic Sciences in Puerto Rico and was then sent to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, for analysis of carboxyhemoglobin and cyanide concentrations. The blood data indicated that carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide, singly or combined, were probably not responsible for the majority of the deaths that occurred in the badly burned victims. On the other hand, the significantly higher carboxyhemoglobin in the nonburned victims indicated that carbon monoxide alone or combined with hydrogen cyanide probably played a major role in the cause of their deaths.
1986年12月31日，波多黎各的杜邦广场酒店发生火灾，导致97人死亡。除4人后来在医院死亡外，其余均在现场被发现死亡。酒店所有遇难者（除8人外）均被烧得面目全非。波多黎各法医科学研究所对78名受害者的血液进行了碳氧血红蛋白筛查，随后将血液送往马里兰州盖瑟斯堡的美国国家标准与技术研究院，以分析碳氧血红蛋白和氰化物浓度。血液数据表明，一氧化碳和氰化氢单独或共同作用，可能并非导致大部分严重烧伤受害者死亡的原因。另一方面，未烧伤受害者体内显著更高的碳氧血红蛋白表明，一氧化碳单独或与氰化氢共同作用，可能在其死亡原因中起了主要作用。
