Birky M, Malek D, Paabo M
J Anal Toxicol. 1983 Nov-Dec;7(6):265-71. doi: 10.1093/jat/7.6.265.
Eighty blood samples and 17 respiratory-tract tissue samples containing fluid taken from victims of the MGM Grand Hotel fire were studied to assist in the determination of the cause of death. The blood and tissue-fluid samples were analyzed for carboxyhemoglobin, oxyhemoglobin, methemoglobin, and total hemoglobin. Outgassing studies were done on the tissue samples using gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy, and heavy metal analysis on inhaled soot was done by x-ray fluorescence. The carboxyhemoglobin values obtained on the samples were significantly higher than those reported by Clark County. However, the percentage of the victims with a carboxyhemoglobin saturation level of 50% or less is higher than that found in the Maryland fire fatality study, suggesting that other toxic factors may have contributed to the lethal nature of the fire.
对从米高梅大酒店火灾遇难者身上采集的80份血液样本和17份含液体的呼吸道组织样本进行了研究，以协助确定死因。对血液和组织液样本进行了碳氧血红蛋白、氧合血红蛋白、高铁血红蛋白和总血红蛋白的分析。使用气相色谱/质谱对组织样本进行了脱气研究，并通过X射线荧光对吸入的烟尘进行了重金属分析。样本中获得的碳氧血红蛋白值明显高于克拉克县报告的值。然而，碳氧血红蛋白饱和度水平为50%或更低的遇难者比例高于马里兰州火灾死亡研究中的比例，这表明其他有毒因素可能导致了火灾的致命性。
