Heroin-related Deaths from the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office from 2004 Through 2015
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Over the past two decades, prescription and illicit opioid use has led to changes in public health policy to address the increasing number of opioid-related deaths. The purpose of this study was to review cases from Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office between 2004 through 2015 where heroin was listed as a significant contributor or as the cause of death. We identified 322 heroin-related deaths, which were predominantly male (255; 79%). 6-Monoacetylmorphine (6-MAM) median (range) concentrations were as follows: blood (n = 7), 0.010 (0.006-0.078) mg/L; urine (n = 30), 0.359 (0.009-1.75) mg/L; and vitreous humor (n = 31), 0.034 (0.004-0.24) mg/L. Free morphine was measurable in 273 cases and the percent free morphine (range), when grouped by COD, was opioid (n = 124), 28% (2.2%-92%), and mixed drug toxicity (n = 135), 35.3% (1.5%-100%); (p < 0.01). Quantitation of 6-MAM in blood and vitreous humor, along with a free to total morphine ratio >26%, was useful in establishing heroin-related deaths.
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ErratumIn: J Forensic Sci. 2020 Jul;65(4):1392. - PMID 32609402 |
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2018 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:63 |
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Journal of forensic sciences - 63(2018), 1 vom: 01. Jan., Seite 191-194 |
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Englisch |
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Love, Sara A [VerfasserIn] |
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Date Completed 23.04.2018 Date Revised 09.04.2022 published: Print-Electronic ErratumIn: J Forensic Sci. 2020 Jul;65(4):1392. - PMID 32609402 Citation Status MEDLINE |
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10.1111/1556-4029.13511 |
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