The analysis of an intracerebral hematoma for drugs of abuse.

Autor: McIntyre IM; County of San Diego Medical Examiner's Office, 5555 Overland Ave., Bldg. 14, San Diego, CA 92123-12701, USA., Hamm CE, Sherrard JL, Gary RD, Riley AC, Lucas JR
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of forensic sciences [J Forensic Sci] 2003 May; Vol. 48 (3), pp. 680-2.
Abstrakt: Toxicological investigations were performed on an intracerebral hematoma, antemortem blood, and postmortem blood of an individual who was found unresponsive in his home. The hematoma was found to have ethanol at a concentration of 0.05% (w/v), and benzoylecgonine (a cocaine metabolite) was also confirmed at a concentration of 0.43 mg/L by specific analysis using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). These results enabled the pathologist to record the cause of death as intracerebral hemorrhage due to acute cocaine intoxication.
Databáze: MEDLINE