Abstract
Quaternary nitrogen muscle relaxants pancuronium, rocuronium, vecuronium, gallamine, suxamethonium, mivacurium, and atracurium and its metabolites were extracted from whole blood and other biological fluids and tissues by using a solid-phase extraction procedure. The extracts were examined by using high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS). The drugs were separated on a ODS column in a gradient of ammonium acetate buffer (pH 5.0) and acetonitrile. Full-scan mass spectra of the compounds showed molecular ions, and MS-MS spectra showed fragments typical of the particular compounds. LC-ESI-MS allowed an unequivocal differentiation of all muscle relaxants involved. The method was applied in a case of rocuronium and suxamethonium administration in a Caesarian section and in a case of intoxication by pancuronium injection. In both cases, the administered drugs could be detected and identified in the supplied samples.
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