LPG Dependence after a Suicide Attempt
Inhalant abuse is a problem that is getting more common all around the world. The increase in prevalence of inhalant abuse escalates morbidity and mortality rates. About 22% of people using inhalant have died at their first attempt. Particularly propane, butane, or propane-butane mixture has highes...
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| author | Ebru Aldemir Betül Akyel A. Ender Altıntoprak Rezzan Aydın Hakan Coşkunol |
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| description | Inhalant abuse is a problem that is getting more common all around the world. The increase in prevalence of inhalant abuse escalates morbidity and mortality rates. About 22% of people using inhalant have died at their first attempt. Particularly propane, butane, or propane-butane mixture has highest mortality rates. Sudden sniffing death syndrome, cardiomyopathy, central nervous system toxicity, hematological abnormalities, kidney toxicity, and hepatocellular toxicities are the major complications of inhalant abuse. Herein we present a patient with inhalant use disorder. At the age of 19, after a stressful life event he had unsuccessfully tried to suicide by inhaling LPG (liquefied petroleum gas, a mixture of butane and propane gases). After he realized that he had hallucinations and felt better during the inhalation, he started to abuse it. He was addicted to LPG for 10 years at the time of admission. Besides being dangerous for the society security, this intense level of LPG inhalation (12 liters a day) not giving any physical harm makes this case interesting. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9bbffb7307e2400d8a8defcc9cde37bc2025-08-20T02:18:27ZengWileyCase Reports in Psychiatry2090-682X2090-68382015-01-01201510.1155/2015/643253643253LPG Dependence after a Suicide AttemptEbru Aldemir0Betül Akyel1A. Ender Altıntoprak2Rezzan Aydın3Hakan Coşkunol4Institute on Drug Abuse, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ege University, 35040 İzmir, TurkeyInstitute on Drug Abuse, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ege University, 35040 İzmir, TurkeyDepartment of Psychiatry, Ege University, 35040 İzmir, TurkeyDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Ege University, 35040 İzmir, TurkeyDepartment of Psychiatry, Ege University, 35040 İzmir, TurkeyInhalant abuse is a problem that is getting more common all around the world. The increase in prevalence of inhalant abuse escalates morbidity and mortality rates. About 22% of people using inhalant have died at their first attempt. Particularly propane, butane, or propane-butane mixture has highest mortality rates. Sudden sniffing death syndrome, cardiomyopathy, central nervous system toxicity, hematological abnormalities, kidney toxicity, and hepatocellular toxicities are the major complications of inhalant abuse. Herein we present a patient with inhalant use disorder. At the age of 19, after a stressful life event he had unsuccessfully tried to suicide by inhaling LPG (liquefied petroleum gas, a mixture of butane and propane gases). After he realized that he had hallucinations and felt better during the inhalation, he started to abuse it. He was addicted to LPG for 10 years at the time of admission. Besides being dangerous for the society security, this intense level of LPG inhalation (12 liters a day) not giving any physical harm makes this case interesting.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/643253 |
| spellingShingle | Ebru Aldemir Betül Akyel A. Ender Altıntoprak Rezzan Aydın Hakan Coşkunol LPG Dependence after a Suicide Attempt Case Reports in Psychiatry |
| title | LPG Dependence after a Suicide Attempt |
| title_full | LPG Dependence after a Suicide Attempt |
| title_fullStr | LPG Dependence after a Suicide Attempt |
| title_full_unstemmed | LPG Dependence after a Suicide Attempt |
| title_short | LPG Dependence after a Suicide Attempt |
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| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/643253 |
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