SITE DEPENDENCE OF POSTMORTEM BLOOD METHADONE CONCENTRATIONS

被引：40

作者：

LEVINE, B

WU, SC

DIXON, A

SMIALEK, JE

机构：

[1] Office of the Chief Med. Examiner, State of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201-1020

来源：

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF FORENSIC MEDICINE AND PATHOLOGY | 1995年 / 16卷 / 02期

关键词：

POSTMORTEM BLOOD; METHADONE;

D O I：

10.1097/00000433-199506000-00002

中图分类号：

DF [法律]; D9 [法律]; R [医药、卫生];

学科分类号：

0301 ; 10 ;

摘要：

A case investigated by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of Maryland, identified methadone at a heart blood concentration of 2.4 mg/L and a subclavian blood concentration of 0.8 mg/L. Due to these discrepant results, a study was undertaken to determine whether such inconsistencies occurred in other methadone cases. Of the 15 cases studied, only four had heart blood and alternate blood concentrations within 20% of one another. In only 53% of the cases were variations of <60% observed. The data failed to show a trend where one site was consistently higher or lower than the other site.

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